Sports Psychology

Goal Setting for Motivation and Self-Confidence

• Deciding Your Goals
• Setting Your Goals Effectively
• Where Goal Setting Can Go Wrong
• Achieving Goals and Feedback
• Summary of Goal Setting
  

Imagery & Simulation - Practising in Your Mind

• What You Should Use Imagery For
• Making Training Better with Imagery
• Learning to Use Imagery
• Using Simulation
• Improving Technique Through Observation
• Summary of Imagery and Simulation
  

Focus & Flow - How to Achieve Perfect Concentration

• How You Learn in Training and Concentrate In Performance
• Learning How to Flow
• Improving Focus
• How to Improve Your Moods
• Learning to Control Distractions
• How to Manage Stress
  • Discovering Your Optimum Stress Levels
• Symptoms of Stress
• "Psyching Up"
• Selection of Stress Management Techniques
• Avoiding Burn-Out

Tools for Sports Psychology:

• Deciding What You Want Out of Sport
• Building Self-Confidence
• Achieving Excellence
• Bringing It All Together - Your Training & Performance Diary
• Your Pre-Competition Routine
• Performing Your Best
• Your On-Site Psych Plan
• Your Refocussing Plan

Getting Into Sport Psychology by Barbara T. Waite, Ph.D.

References

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