Applied Sport Psychology: Personal Growth to Peak Performance by Jean Williams

Applied Sport Psychology: Personal Growth to Peak Performance by Jean Williams

Drawing upon the expertise of more than twenty leaders of their fields, this is a comprehensive and practical guide to psychological concepts and theories as well as to strategies and techniques designed to help future coaches and sport psychologists cultivate peak performance and personal growth through recent advances in sport psychology. The text's four-part organization focuses on motivation and leadership, social interactions, mental training, program implementation, and issues that go beyond performance enhancement. Contributing authors are experts in their topic, and each chapter has been written specifically for this collection.

Jean M. Williams is a professor emeritus at the University of Arizona where she served in the Department of Exercise and Sport Science and the Department of Psychology. She taught courses in stress and coping and psychology of excellence and consulted with intercollegiate athletes and coaches and with top amateur and professional athletes as well as supervised consulting. Dr. Williams has published nine books (seven edited) and more than 100 research articles and book chapters. Her research focused on psychology of injury, psychology of excellence, group dynamics and productivity, and exercise and mental health. She is a past president, fellow, and certified consultant in the Association of Applied Sport Psychology and a fellow in the National Academy of Kinesiology.

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ISBN 13	9780071267984
ISBN 10	0071267980
Title	Applied Sport Psychology: Personal Growth to Peak Performance
Author	Jean Williams
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Year published	2009-08-16
Number of pages	672
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