The Psychology of Team Sports - Softcover

Ronnie Lidor

Softcover

ISBN 10: 188569332X ISBN 13: 9781885693327

Publisher: Fitness Information Technology, 2003

Synopsis

Every fan knows that individual talent is vital to a team. But sport psychologists understand that the key to success is to incorporate talent into a supportive team unit. The editors have assembled a variety of articles to address the psychological issues related to team sport activities on and off the court or field. Chapter 1 introduces a three-phase model to cut through the complexities associated with team sports and chapters 2 to 12 offer theoretical and practical advice. In addition to addressing the major theoretical concepts related to team sport activities, the book discusses the experiences of sport psychologists who have worked with professionals and national teams. Issues include: Methodological Principles; Ethics; Pre-Performance Routines in Self-Paced Tasks; The Principles of Team Building; Understanding and Managing Emotions; Gender Differences; Working With Professional Basketball Players; Improving Concentration Skills for Soccer Players; Issues in Baseball; and Optimal Use of Sport Psychology for Developing Confidence.

About this title

About the Author:

Ronnie Lidor, Editor is a senior lecturer at both the Zinman College of Physical Education and Sport Sciences at the Wingate Institute and at the Faculty of Education at Haifa University (Israel). Dr. Lidor has published about 70 articles, book chapters, and proceedings chapters in English and Hebrew. He is the senior editor of the books Sport Psychology: Linking Theory and Practice, (1999), and The World Sport Psychology SourceBook (3rd ed.), (2001), published by Fitness Information Technology (FIT). From 1997 to 2001 Dr. Lidor served as President of the Israeli Society for Sport Psychology and Sociology (ISSPS), and since 1997 he has been a member of the Managing Council of the International Society of Sport Psychology (ISSP). In 2001 he was elected as the Secretary General of the ISSP, and he has been the editor of Movemen— Journal of Physical Education and Sport Sciences (Hebrew) since 1999.

About this edition

• Publisher: Fitness Information Technology
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 188569332X
• ISBN 13: 9781885693327
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 290
• Editor: Ronnie Lidor, Keith P. Henschen