implied direct connection between the scholarly literature (whether empirical or narrative in nature) and applied practice. In addition, recent initiatives within the Association for Applied Sport Psychology (AASP) have emphasized the need for increased and explicit scholar–practitioner linkages. For
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A Survey of Applied Impact of Literature in Sport Psychology
Andrew P. Friesen
Same Game, Many Cultures: A Multicultural Reflection on a Trainee’s Intervention Work With a Professional Esports Team
Anjali Agrawal, Sahen Gupta, and Laura Swettenham
-Donoghue et al., 2019 ; Martin-Niedecken & Schättin, 2020 ). Research also indicates that esports athletes (e’athletes) face longitudinal stressors over time in the highly changeable competitive environment of the industry ( Poulus et al., 2022a , 2022b ). Applied practice has observed the use of personal
An Insight Into the Use of Personality Assessment by U.K. Sport Psychology Consultants
Stephen Rowles and Tim Holder
are not currently understood. From a practitioner perspective, literature documenting how such findings are actually used by SPCs is now explored. A small number of diverse case studies were identified that describe the use of personality assessment in applied practice, with sports covered including
Virtual Reality and Sport Psychology: Implications for Applied Practice
Stewart T. Cotterill
, however, that VR currently has the greatest potential for discrete skill development and perceiving/decision-making applications. Future Developments More research and evidence from applied practice are required to further clarify the advantages of using VR and verify that the virtual environment is
Female Athlete Sport Science Versus Applied Practice: Bridging the Gap
Richard J. Burden, Anita Biswas, and Anthony C. Hackney
with you. • Use research and innovation to inform and supportively challenge coaches, rather than telling or directing them what to do. The Challenges of Elite Female Athlete Research The translation of sports science and medicine research to applied practice is challenging. There can be a mismatch
Stereotype Threat in Sport: Recommendations for Applied Practice and Research
Daniel M. Smith and Sarah E. Martiny
research. Thereafter, recommendations are provided for applied practice in sport. What Stereotypes Exist in Sport? There are many stereotypes about various groups in sport. In this paper, we maintain a broad definition of “sport” to include competitive team and individual sports, disabled sport, senior
Stress Management Strategies in Esports: An Exploratory Online Survey on Applied Practice
Oliver Leis, Matthew Watson, Laura Swettenham, Ismael Pedraza-Ramirez, and Franziska Lautenbach
.g., maintaining focus and adaptive coping; Himmelstein et al., 2017 ; Nagorsky & Wiemeyer, 2020 ), and the increasing interest from practitioners working on these issues (e.g., Watson et al., 2021 ), empirical evidence on applied practice in esports is needed (e.g., Leis et al., 2021 ). This knowledge could help to
The Development of Professional Judgment and Decision Making Expertise in Applied Sport Psychology
Amanda Martindale and Dave Collins
This paper establishes current theoretical understanding on the development of professional judgment and decision-making (PJDM) expertise within applied sport psychology (ASP). Traditional and naturalistic paradigms of decision making are contrasted and the resulting blending of systematic analysis and intuition most appropriate for applied practice is explained through the concept of skilled intuition (Kahneman & Klein, 2009). Conditions for the development of skilled intuition are considered alongside recognition of the fragility of human judgment and the subtleties of the ASP environment. Key messages from cognitive psychology literature on the development of PJDM expertise are offered and recommendations made to facilitate the acquisition of decision-making expertise in ASP.
Organizational Culture Beyond Consensus and Clarity: Narratives From Elite Sport
Michael McDougall, Noora Ronkainen, David Richardson, Martin Littlewood, and Mark Nesti
organizational sport life in their research and applied practices ( McDougall & Ronkainen, 2019 ; Wagstaff & Burton-Wylie, 2018 ). As highlighted in Oliver’s narrative, the differentiation approach, for instance, can be used as a means to examine themes of conflict, resistance to authority, as well as
A Case Study Investigation Into a Group Online Sport Psychology Support Intervention for Injured Athletes
Caroline Heaney and Nichola Kentzer
support for injured athletes. We are both experienced sport and exercise psychologists with over 20 years of applied experience each and have used online sport psychology delivery methods in our applied practice, both currently and long in advance of the COVID-19 pandemic (e.g., Heaney, 2013 ), but prior
