Frameworks For Sport Psychologists: Enhancing Sport Performance (Paperback Book)

Many traditional psychology texts devote significant coverage to psychological theory. In Frameworks for Sport Psychologists, author Karen L. Hill highlights five popular theoretical models and demonstrates how they can be applied in helping athletes to improve their performance.Demonstrating how theoretical models work, Hill introduces the hypothetical case of a struggling professional golfer, Lisa The Cheetah Irons. Through this case study, readers learn how each theory assists the sport psychologist in interpreting Lisas thoughts, emotions, and actions and how to create a plan of action for performance enhancement.The text follows a progression oflearning about each of the five theories, learning how each theory is applied to a single case, applying the same theory to other cases, and writing an original case. In addition to the ongoing case study of Lisa The Cheetah Irons, each chapter includes an additional case, providing the reader further opportunity to apply the theories to real process plan.Framewor