The Psychology of Team Sports (Sport Management Library)

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 of Psychology of Team Sports 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 through 12 offer theoretical and practical advice. The Psychology of Team Sports explores the discusses the major theoretical concepts related to team sport activities, as well as experiences of sport psychologists who have worked with professionals and national teams.

Keith Page Henschen is a professor in the department of exercise and sport science at the University of Utah, with an area of expertise in the psychosocial aspects of sport.

Dr. Henschen received a PED degree from Indiana University in 1971 and has been a member of the University of Utah faculty for the past 30 years. His research interests include the psychology of performance, use of psychological interventions in sport, and sport psychology for special populations. Dr. Henschen has co-authored four textbooks and published approximately 200 articles, 24 chapters of books, and 5 monographs. He has directed 40 doctoral dissertations and 20 masters' theses. He is a frequent research presenter and conference speaker with over 400 presentations. He has served as president (1997-98) of the American Alliance of Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance (AAHPERD), and he is currently president of the International Society of Sport Psychology (ISSP).

Dr. Henschen has consulted with numerous world-class, professional, and elite level athletes as well as six National Governing Boards (NGB's) for the United States Olympic Committee. He has worked with teams in track and field, biathlons, gymnastics, skiing, and speed skating. Dr. Henschen also works with numerous college and professional teams in a variety of sports.

Ronnie Lidor is a professor and the Director of the Zinman College of Physical Education and Sport Sciences at the Wingate Institute, and he is also on the faculty of education at the University of Haifa (Israel). His main areas of research are cognitive strategies, talent detection, early development in sport, and sport development.

Lidor has published over 100 articles, book chapters, and proceedings chapters, in English and in Hebrew. He is the senior editor of several books, among them Sport Psychology: Linking Theory and Practice (1999) and The Psychology of Team Sports (2003), and served as a co-editor of Handbook of Research in Applied Sport and Exercise Psychology: International Perspectives (2006) and Psychology of Sport Excellence (2009), published by FiT Publishing. A former basketball coach, Lidor now provides psychological consultation to young and adult elite basketball players. He focuses mainly on attentional techniques used before the execution of free-throw shots. He also consults with athletes from several cultures and writes about these experiences.