The literature base regarding the development of sporting talent is extensive, and includes
empirical articles, reviews, position papers, academic books, governing body documents …

The aim of this paper was to systematically review the literature on coping in sport,
examining evidence for both the trait and process perspectives, the types of coping …

The mastery approach to coaching is a cognitive-behavioral intervention designed to
promote a mastery-involving motivational climate, shown in previous research to be related …

Although sport is played with the body, it is won in the mind. Inspired by this idea, the second
edition of this popular textbook provides a comprehensive critical introduction to sport and …

Understanding and enhancing motivation is one of the most popular areas of research in
psychology, as well as sport and exercise psychology. In psychology and sport psychology …

We review research literature on psychological preparation for Olympic Games
performance. We address research identifying psychological characteristics associated with …

This study identified the sources and types of confidence salient to 14 (7 male, 7 female)
successful World Class athletes. Nine sources of confidence were identified: Preparation …

The purpose of the present study was to examine the relationship between,
multidimensional competitive trait anxiety (cognitive and somatic anxiety), trait cognitive …

Abstract Krouse, RZ, Ransdell, LB, Lucas, SM, and Pritchard, ME. Motivation, goal
orientation, coaching, and training habits of women ultrarunners. J Strength Cond Res 25 …

OBJECTIVES: The present paper examined the roles of achievement orientation, perception
of the motivational climate, and perceived ability on performance trait anxiety in a sample of …