Keynotes On "An Introduction To Sports and Exercise Psychology"
By Aidan. P. Morgan.
Sports and Exercise Psychology----Discipline and Profession .
Figure 1.2: Four Aspects of Athletics Performance
Perhaps the most obvious way to investigate the mental side of sport is to ask athletes what they have
learned from their personal experience about the mental factors that seem to affect their
performance.Using this strategy, we can gain useful insights into the psychological challenges of team
and individual sports.For example, an interview with Jonathan Davies, the former Welsh rugby union
player, revealed that for him avoiding over-confidence and keeping your concentration at a high level
during a long season is probably the hardest aspect of professionalism to get used to but success is
impossible without it J.Davies, 1998, p.12.More recently, Nick Faldo, who has won six major
tournaments, highlighted the importance of maintaining momentum and concentration when he
observed that golf is unusual in that you have to pick up where you left off the day before.
Best Line:
Four aspects of athletic performance Perhaps the most obvious way to investigate the mental side of
sport is to ask athletes what they have learned from their personal experience about the mental factors
that seem to affect their performance.
By Aidan. P. Morgan.
Sports and Exercise Psychology----Discipline and Profession .
Figure 1.2: Four Aspects of Athletics Performance
Perhaps the most obvious way to investigate the mental side of sport is to ask athletes what they have
learned from their personal experience about the mental factors that seem to affect their
performance.Using this strategy, we can gain useful insights into the psychological challenges of team
and individual sports.For example, an interview with Jonathan Davies, the former Welsh rugby union
player, revealed that for him avoiding over-confidence and keeping your concentration at a high level
during a long season is probably the hardest aspect of professionalism to get used to but success is
impossible without it J.Davies, 1998, p.12.More recently, Nick Faldo, who has won six major
tournaments, highlighted the importance of maintaining momentum and concentration when he
observed that golf is unusual in that you have to pick up where you left off the day before.
Best Line:
Four aspects of athletic performance Perhaps the most obvious way to investigate the mental side of
sport is to ask athletes what they have learned from their personal experience about the mental factors
that seem to affect their performance.
