Table of Contents

List of contributors, vi Foreword, vii Preface, viii 1 Introduction, 1 Britton W. Brewer 2 Motivation, 7 Robert S. Weinberg 3 Attention, concentration and thought management, 18 Aidan P. Moran 4 Management of competitive stress in elite sport, 30 Sheldon Hanton, Owen Thomas and Stephen D. Mellalieu 5 Confidence in sport, 43 Robin S. Vealey 6 Mental preparation for training and competition, 53 Daniel Gould, M. Ryan Flett and Eric Bean 7 Enhancing team effectiveness, 64 Albert V. Carron, Shauna M. Burke and Kim M. Shapcott 8 Injury prevention and rehabilitation, 75 Britton W. Brewer 9 Clinical issues, 87 Britton W. Brewer 10 Child and adolescent development and sport participation, 97 Diane M. Wiese-Bjornstal, Nicole M. LaVoi and Jens Omli 11 Sport career termination, 113 Albert J. Petitpas 12 Sport psychology in practice, 121 Mark B. Andersen Index, 133

About the Author

Britton W. Brewer , Ph.D. is professor of psychology at Springfield College in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA, where he served as head men's cross country coach from 1993 to 2001. He is a Certified Consultant, Association for Applied Sport Psychology, is listed in the United States Olympic Committee Sport Psychology Registry, 2004-2008, and is a Fellow of both the American Psychological Association and the Association for Applied Sport Psychology. He has been awarded a series of grants from the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases in support of his research on psychological aspects of ACL rehabilitation.