Coaches' Guide to Sport Psychology by Rainer Martins

Coaches' Guide to Sport Psychology by Rainer Martins

This guide helps prospective coaches understand the key concepts of sport psychology and develop the psychological skills they need to be effective coaches. Numerous examples, checklists, and self-evaluation forms show how to teach such important skills as imagery, psychic energy management, stress management, attentional skills, self-confidence, and goal setting.

Rainer Martens, PhD, has always been active in sports. He has coached at the youth, high school, and university levels, as well as worked as a research scientist in the field of sport. He is the creator and president of Human Kinetics, as well as the founder and director of the American Sport Education Program, the country's largest coaching education program. Martens is an internationally famous sport psychologist who has produced over 80 scientific articles and 15 books, including Effective Coaching, the bestselling coaching book of all time, and Joy and Sadness in Children's Sports. Martens was a member of the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana's faculty for 16 years after getting his PhD in Physical Education in 1968. He has also been a featured speaker at more than 100 conferences across the world and has done more than 150 seminars and clinics for coaches and athletes of all levels.

He has been acknowledged for his service to sport by the National Recreation and Park Association and elected into the National Association of Sport and Physical Education Hall of Fame. He is a past-president of the American Academy of Kinesiology and Physical Education. He has received Distinguished Alumni awards from Emporia State University in Kansas (where he obtained a bachelor's degree), the University of Montana (where he earned a master's degree), the University of Illinois, and Hutchinson High School. Martens is still active in sports, particularly senior softball. As his Daytona Beach team won the Senior National Championship in 2000, he was selected a First Team All-American.

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ISBN 13	9780873220224
ISBN 10	0873220226
Title	Coaches' Guide to Sport Psychology
Author	Rainer Martins
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Human Kinetics Publishers
Year published	1991-11-18
Number of pages	208
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