Performance psychology :  a practitioner's guide / 
edited by Dave Collins, Angela Abbott, Hugh Richards ; foreword by Andy Robinson. 
 - xvi, 411 pages :  illustrations ;  25 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction: getting ready to perform / Dave Collins -- Aims, principles and methodologies in talent identification and development / Angela Button -- Expertise the goal of performance development / Nicola Hodges and Joseph Baker -- Psychological characteristics of developing excellence / Aine MacNamara -- Talent development environments: key considerations for effective practice / Russell Martindale and Paddy Mortimer -- Implications and applications -- views from the performer's panel / Dave Collins -- Introduction: organisational issues in providing support / Dave Collins -- Organising for excellence / Veronica Burke -- The team perspective: promoting excellence in performance teams / Alan Macpherson and Pat Howard -- Planning for physical performance, the individual perspective: planning, periodisation, prediction, and why the future ain't what it used to be / John Kiely -- Practical dimensions of providing for excellence: views from the performer's panel / Dave Collins -- Introduction: practice regimens for excellence / Dave Collins -- "Keeping it together": motor control under pressure / Chris Button, Clare MacMahon and Rich Masters -- Skill acquisition: designing optimal learning environments / Joan N. Vickers -- Effective skill development: how should athletes' skills be developed? / Andy Abraham and Dave Collins -- Mental practice: neuroscientific support for a new approach / Paul Holmes and Claire Calmels -- Developing the performance brain: decision making under pressure / Duncan R.D. Mascarenhas and Nickolas C. Smith -- Practical dimensions of developing skill: views from the performers' panel / Dave Collins -- Introduction: performing on the day / Dave Collins -- Coping and mental toughness / Hugh Richards -- Emotional issues of peak performance: managing mood -- Attention / Aidan Moran -- Putting it together: skills for pressure performance / Mark Wilson and Hugh Richards -- Putting them together: skills packages to optimise team/group performance / Dace Collins and Judy Collins -- Practical dimensions of realising your peak performance / Dave Collins -- Conclusion: where next?: getting help in your pursuit of excellence / Amanda Martindale and Dave Collins. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0443067341 9780443067341 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2010006567 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Physical education and training--Psychological aspects
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>GV342.22  / .P47 2011 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>613.7019