The Psychology of Concentration in Sport Performers - A Cognitive Analysis

This text explores the attentional processes of athletes using a theoretical framework derived from contemporary cognitive psychology.

List of contents

Part 1 Cognitive sport psychology: cognition, psychology and sport - mental factors in athletic performance; understanding attention - the psychology of concentration. Part 2 Concentration in sport: concentration in sport performance; losing concentration in sport - external and internal distractions; measuring attentional processes in athletes - from brain states to individual differences. Part 3 Concentration techniques: improving concentration in sport - assumptions, exercise and techniques; improving concentration in sport - mental practice. Part 4 Integration: concentration in sport performers - implications and new directions.

About the author

Aidan P. Moran

Product details

• Authors: Aidan P Moran, Aidan P. Moran, Moran Aidan P.
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.1997
• EAN: 9780863774447
• ISBN: 978-0-86377-444-7
• No. of pages: 334
• Weight: 620 g
• Subjects: Guides > Sport > General, dictionaries, handbooks, yearbooks, history; Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Miscellaneous; PSYCHOLOGY / Industrial & Organizational Psychology, SPORTS & RECREATION / Sports Psychology, Sports psychology, Sports & outdoor recreation, Occupational and industrial psychology, Occupational & industrial psychology, Sports and Active outdoor recreation