Focusing on the mental aspects of cricket, this book explores how psychological factors can distinguish elite players from their peers. It emphasizes the importance of confidence, motivation, concentration, emotional control, and pressure management in achieving top performance. As the first comprehensive guide on the psychology of cricket, it offers expert insights and practical advice tailored to one of the sport's most challenging dimensions, helping players enhance their mental game for greater success.
The mental side of performance has always been a crucial component for success - but nowadays coaches, teams, and athletes of all levels and abilities are using sport psychology to help fulfil their potential and serve up success. This book is about getting into a winning state of body and mind for your performance - whatever that might be - sales pitches, presentations, leadership, strategic thinking, delivery, and more. You will develop the most important weapon you need to succeed in business: your mental approach to performance. This book reveals the secrets of the winning mind by exploring the strategies and techniques used by the most successful athletes and professionals on the planet. -- Edited summary from book
The book explores how elite athletes thrive under competitive pressure by leveraging mental strength and strategic training. It emphasizes the importance of commitment, focus, and the synergy between mind and body, revealing how these elements contribute to peak performance during critical moments.
Single-case research is a powerful method for examining change in outcome variables such as behaviour, performance and psychological constructs, and for assessing the efficacy of interventions. It has innumerable uses within the context of sport and exercise science, such as in the development of more effective performance techniques for athletes and sportspeople and in helping us to better understand exercise behaviours in clinical populations. However, the fundamental principles and techniques of single-case research have not always been clearly understood by students and researchers working in these fields. Single-Case Research Methods in Sport and Exercise Psychology is the first book to fully explain single-case research in the context of sport and exercise. Starting with first principles, the book offers a comprehensive introduction to the single-case research process, from study design to data analysis and presentation. Including case studies and examples from across sport and exercise psychology, the book provides practical guidance for students and researchers and demonstrates the advantages and common pitfalls of single-case research for anybody working in applied or behavioural science in a sport or exercise setting.
