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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

Performance Psychology: A Practitioner's Guide is a comprehensive, evidence-based text covering the key aspects of performance culture: performer development, preparation, training and execution. Written by a team of international contributors, including national coaches, training specialists, applied sports psychologists, clinicians and researchers, and building on strong links between theory and practice, the book shows how applied psychological methods and principles can be used to enhance performance Contributing authors offer clear implications for applied practice and each section is summarized by contributions from a 'Performers Panel' of experts who provide real-life practical examples. Performance psychology is applied to a wide variety of physical performance domains which enables practitioners to see how they can combine ideas and tailor interventions, to people and contexts, to produce effective applications of psychology. Dave Collins is Professor of Performance and Coaching/Director for the Institute of Coaching and Performance at the University of Central Lancashire. As a practitioner, he has worked with over 50 World and Olympic medalists, and in professional performance domains spanning sport, business, motor sport, music, dance and adventure. He was formerly Performance Director of UK Athletics, a rugby player, martial artist and OE instructor. Dave currently works with the Chelsea FC Football Academy, amongst other consultancies. Angela Button is a researcher at the University of Otago and is widely acknowledged as a world expert on talent. Angela has led funded research projects in talent development in the UK and New Zealand. Her sporting interests include squash, running and triathlon. Hugh Richards lectures and is Director of post-graduate programmes in Performance Psychology at the University of Edinburgh. He has published in the areas of coping, talent, individual differences and professional development related to sport, the military and music. Hugh has applied psychology to professional performers from international level sport to business. He currently works with the UK Motor Sport Association, international performer development schemes and has been advisor to the BBC on learning and performance. Strong links between theory and practice - a panel of top performers conclude each section with an overview, providing real-life practical examples in addition to the case studies included in each chapter. Holistic approach allows students to see how they can combine different approaches to address a problem. Written by a team of international contributors including national team coaches, sports psychologists and academics.

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