Psychological factors in developing high performance athletes
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Top-level athletes are often said to have extraordinary personalities and special psychological characteristics (Gould, Dieffenbach & Moffett, 2002). This is not surprising when considering the many years of training needed to achieve athletic success. This long-term engagement in intense training calls for great efforts in dealing with competitive pressure and demands mental strength with regard to endurance, self-motivation and willpower. But while it is somewhat straightforward to specify the physical and physiological skills needed for top performance in a specific sport, it becomes less clear with regard to the psychological skills that are needed. Therefore, the main questions to be addressed in this chapter are: (1) which psychological skills are needed to reach top performance? And (2) (how) can these skills be developed in young talents?
Originalsprog | Engelsk |
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Titel | Routledge Handbook of Talent Identification and Development in Sport |
Redaktører | Joseph Baker, Stephen Cobley, Jörg Schorer, Nick Wattie |
Antal sider | 12 |
Udgivelsessted | Abingdon (UK) |
Forlag | Taylor & Francis |
Publikationsdato | apr. 2017 |
Sider | 169-180 |
Kapitel | 12 |
ISBN (Trykt) | 978-1-138-95177-8 |
ISBN (Elektronisk) | 978-1-315-668011-7 |
Status | Udgivet - apr. 2017 |
Navn | Routledge International Handbooks |
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Bibliografisk note
CURIS 2017 NEXS 132
ID: 176698552