This paper is based on a Senior Lecture presented at the 2019 North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity (NASPSPA) conference. Given that I was invited as a senior lecturer, rather than presenting a neat, clear line of research, I am offering a senior perspective on
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Lenny D. Wiersma
Extreme sport athletes perform in environments that are characterized by danger, unpredictability, and fear, and the consequences of a mistake include severe injury or death. Maverick’s is a big-wave surfing location in northern California that is known for its cold water temperatures, dangerous ocean wildlife, deep reef, and other navigational hazards. The purpose of this study was to use a phenomenological framework to understand the psychology of big-wave surfing at Maverick’s. Seven elite big-wave surfers completed in-depth phenomenological interviews and discussed the psychology related to various stages of big-wave surfing, including presurf, in the lineup, catching the wave, riding the wave, wiping out, and postsurf. Big-wave surfers described a variety of experiences associated with surfing at Maverick’s and discussed several ways that they coped with its challenges. The results provide a greater understanding of the psychology of participating in an extreme environment.
Diane L. Gill, Erin J. Reifsteck, and Leilani Madrigal
I (D.L. Gill) am pleased to contribute to the 40th anniversary celebration of the Brooks-edited book Perspectives on the Academic Discipline of Physical Education . As a very early-career scholar, I ( Gill, 1981 ) wrote the chapter on sport psychology for that book. Now, as a very senior scholar
Rena M.G. Curvey, Shannon C. White, Emily A. Murphy, Travis R. Scheadler, Myles T. Englis, Laura L. Phelps, and Candice N. Hargons
Over the last few decades, sport psychology has gained tremendous popularity in the United States ( Sly et al., 2020 ). Due to its growing popularity, sport psychologists and sport psychology professionals are being employed at higher rates in a variety of settings (e.g., professional sport teams
Jeffrey Martin
The ideal sport psychology career is not going to be something you apply for in a newspaper advertisement. It will never happen. . . . But you’re going to have to create it yourself. ( Simons & Andersen, 1995 , p. 462) There are only a few individuals in the entire United States who maintain full
Andrew P. Friesen
Sport and exercise psychology research can often be perceived as applied research in that the topics or variables examined in each study will eventually be used to facilitate improved human performance, participation, and personal growth ( Williams & Straub, 2015 ). That is, there has been an
Ashley A. Hansen, Joanne E. Perry, John W. Lace, Zachary C. Merz, Taylor L. Montgomery, and Michael J. Ross
Applied sport psychology practice requires the incorporation of many areas of specialty, including clinical psychology, kinesiology, and sport psychology. In order to capture the complexities that exist in this practice, the model of clinical sport psychology (CSP) has been established ( Gardner
Alessandro Quartiroli, Justine Vosloo, Leslee Fisher, and Robert Schinke
The integration of cultural competence as a core competency (cf. Rodolfa, Bent, Eisman, Nelson, Rehm, & Ritchie, 2005 ) has encouraged psychology practitioners to recognize their clients as moving from being considered a “homogeneous group to [be] a mosaic of people with diverse customs and
Alessandro Quartiroli, Sharon M. Knight, Edward F. Etzel, and Rebecca A. Zakrajsek
The demanding nature of psychology professionals’ work, including the provision of competent, effective, and ethical services to their clients, is associated with both personal and professional challenges (e.g., Stevanovic & Rupert, 2004 ). Such challenges can negatively affect providers’ personal
Rebecca A. Zakrajsek, Leslee A. Fisher, and Scott B. Martin
study of ATs’ use of sport psychology with injured athletes, concluded that “it is neither necessary nor feasible for athletic trainers to have the knowledge and skill to employ all of these techniques themselves, particularly the more specialized psychological skills such as relaxation and imagery” (p
