The past decade has witnessed increased growth in the practice of sport psychology in professional and collegiate sports in North America and worldwide ( Kornspan & Quartiroli, 2019 ). With regard to Major League Baseball (MLB) in the United States and Canada, mental performance and mental health
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Case Study of a Professional Development Support Group of Sport Psychology Practitioners Working in Major League Baseball Organizations in the United States and Canada
Charlie Maher
Enhancing the Mental Performance of Head Coaches in Professional Sports: A Case Study of Collaboration With the Head Coach of a Professional Basketball Team
Charles A. Maher
psychology and related services for a major league baseball organization. Concerning this present case, however, the services that I provided the head basketball coach were part of my independent practice in sport and performance psychology. This practice was separate from my employment with the major league
Using an Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Approach to Overcome Distractive Overthinking With a High School Baseball Player
Samuel Wood and Martin J. Turner
-old development-level (high school varsity team) competitive baseball player. The first author adopted a client-led approach to develop the athlete’s self-awareness and “navigate” through challenging experiences and situations. The first author assumed an interpretivist and constructivist approach to the
An Intervention to Support Collegiate Student-Athletes in the Transition to Meaningful Lifetime Physical Activity
Melinda B. Smith, Diane L. Gill, and Erin J. Reifsteck
, which promoted effective small group exercise and discussion. Eleven participants identified as White, with one SA choosing not to respond. Participants were injury-free and represented women’s soccer, men’s baseball, women’s field hockey, men’s lacrosse, and men’s track and field. Outside of class
The Effects of Applied and Sport-Specific Mindful Sport Performance Enhancement Training on Mindfulness Skills, Flow, and Emotional Regulation in National Competitive Swimmers
Jenny Meggs and Mark Chen
MPSE training program with amateur baseball players and examined pre- and postintervention changes in flow, competitive anxiety, eating disorder risk factors, and sleep disturbance. The authors found that the MPSE intervention increased flow state and self-confidence and decreased competitive anxiety
An Integrated Mind–Body Training Intervention on an Elite Surfing Athlete: A Case Study
Eduardo Takeuchi, Shirley S. Lacerda, Guilherme Carlos Brech, and Elisa H. Kozasa
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Esports Coaching: Applying a Constraints-Led Approach to Develop Team Coordination and Communication
Kabir Bubna, Michael G. Trotter, and Matthew Watson
,5.15%20million%20peak%20concurrent%20viewers Gray , R. ( 2018 ). Comparing cueing and constraints interventions for increasing launch angle in baseball batting . Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology, 7 ( 3 ), 318 – 332 . 10.1037/spy0000131 Hamari , J. , & Sjöblom , M. ( 2017
Virtual-Reality Training of Elite Boxers Preparing for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case Study
Thomas Romeas, Basil More-Chevalier, Mathieu Charbonneau, and François Bieuzen
virtual to real baseball batting . Frontiers in Psychology, 8, 2183 . https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.02183 Gray , R. ( 2018 ). Comparing cueing and constraints interventions for increasing launch angle in baseball batting . Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology, 7 ( 3 ), 318 – 332
Embedding Perceptual–Cognitive Training in the Athlete Environment: An Interdisciplinary Case Study Among Elite Female Goalkeepers Preparing for Tokyo 2020
Veronique Richard, Béatrice Lavoie-Léonard, and Thomas Romeas
professional baseball . Scientific Reports, 8 ( 1 ), 116 . https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-18565-7 10.1038/s41598-017-18565-7 Buszard , T. , Garofolini , A. , Whiteside , D. , Farrow , D. , & Reid , M. ( 2020 ). Children’s coordination of the “sweet spot” when striking a forehand is shaped
Navigating Management Dismissal and COVID-19 in a Professional Football Club: A Trainee Sport Psychologist Finds Her Way Through
Zoe A. Black and Paul McCarthy
long-consulting . The Sport Psychologist, 4, 409 – 417 . https://doi.org/10.1037/14251-018 Ravizza , K. ( 1990 ). SportPsych consultation issues in professional baseball . The Sport Psychologist, 4, 409 – 417 . https://doi.org/10.1123/tsp.4.4.330 Roderick , M. ( 2006a ). A very