Psychology and its Application in Sports : A Comprehensive Manual of Mental Training

This book is a revision of the “Trends in Sport Psychology” published in 1994, but to be specific the contents of present publication are substantially more.

The material in this book is the peer reviewed proceedings and publications of international scientific consensus. As research progressed in the larger field of mental training in sport, other components of mental training were identified as having important predictive power in explaining behavior. Two of these components – Biofeedback and Relaxation Training – appear to be particularly relevant to sports.

Another important consideration was the knowledge that personality and paper pencil tests are often misused by the individuals who do not understand the theoretical rationale underlying the questionnaire. The author feels that the reliability and validity of these tests are sometimes questionable as they do not represent a systematic and rigorous approach to test sport specific variable.

This book contains chapters organized around the major theme of sport psychology relating to the study of human behavior in the context of sport and physical activities.