Introducing Sport and Exercise Psychology By Aidan, P, Moran
Figure 1.7, What do sport psychologists do?
In an effort to address the issue of what sport psychologists do, the sport and exercise section of the
British Psychological Society organised a symposium designed to explore the professional work and
experiences of its members Steinberg, Cockerill and Dewey, 1998.What emerged from this symposium
was a fascinating spectrum of activities which ranged from the provision of mental skills training
schedules for athletes e.g., footballers, runners and racing drivers to the design and implementation of
health promotion programmes for non-athletic populations e.g., to encourage people to engage in more
regular physical activity.More generally, the professional activities of sport and exercise psychologists
fall into three main categories n applied consultancy work including advice on performance
enhancement as well as the provision of counselling and clinical psychology services ii education and iii
research.Before we explore these functions, however, two cautions should be noted.First, there is
considerable overlap between these three categories in practice a point to which we shall return later in
this section.Second, the majority of sport psychologists work only part-time in this field.Typically, the
professional work from which they derive most of their income i.e., their day job lies in some other area
of psychology or sport science such as lecturing This category of sport psychology services may be
subdivided into two types of work advice on performance enhancement and the provision of
counsellingclinical psychology services.
Best Line:
What do sport psychologists do In an effort to address the issue of what sport psychologists do, the
sport and exercise section of the British Psychological Society organised a symposium designed to
explore the professional work and experiences of its members Steinberg, Cockerill and Dewey, 1998.
Figure 1.7, What do sport psychologists do?
In an effort to address the issue of what sport psychologists do, the sport and exercise section of the
British Psychological Society organised a symposium designed to explore the professional work and
experiences of its members Steinberg, Cockerill and Dewey, 1998.What emerged from this symposium
was a fascinating spectrum of activities which ranged from the provision of mental skills training
schedules for athletes e.g., footballers, runners and racing drivers to the design and implementation of
health promotion programmes for non-athletic populations e.g., to encourage people to engage in more
regular physical activity.More generally, the professional activities of sport and exercise psychologists
fall into three main categories n applied consultancy work including advice on performance
enhancement as well as the provision of counselling and clinical psychology services ii education and iii
research.Before we explore these functions, however, two cautions should be noted.First, there is
considerable overlap between these three categories in practice a point to which we shall return later in
this section.Second, the majority of sport psychologists work only part-time in this field.Typically, the
professional work from which they derive most of their income i.e., their day job lies in some other area
of psychology or sport science such as lecturing This category of sport psychology services may be
subdivided into two types of work advice on performance enhancement and the provision of
counsellingclinical psychology services.
Best Line:
What do sport psychologists do In an effort to address the issue of what sport psychologists do, the
sport and exercise section of the British Psychological Society organised a symposium designed to
explore the professional work and experiences of its members Steinberg, Cockerill and Dewey, 1998.
