Foundations of Sports and Exercise Physiology

Product Description

M.R.P - Rs.  600

Author - Dr. Suresh Kutty K.

Edition - First 

Binding - Hardcover 

CONTENTS

1. UNIT I - Definitions of Psychology | What is Sport Psychology? | Nature and Meaning of Psychology of Sport | Scope of Sport Psychology | Who is a Sport Psychologist? | What is Sport and Exercise Psychology? | Need and Importance of Sport Psychology. | A Brief History of Sport Psychology | History of Sport Psychology in India | Sports Psychology Association of India....

2. UNIT II -ATTITUDES AND SPORT BEHAVIOUR | Nature of Attitude | The Functional Approach. Structural Approach Stereotypes | Social Learning of Attitudes | Measuring Attitudes | Measurement of Attitudes Towards Sports | Attitudes Towards Sports....PERSONALITY- Meaning of Personality | Structure of Personality | Approaches to Personality | Measuring Personality | Motor Ability and Personality | Sports Interest and Personality | Athletic Versus Non-Athletic Personality | Effects of Sports on Personality | Implications for the Coaches... GROUP DYNAMICS-  Audience | Types of Audience | Effects of Audience on Performance | Merits of Presence of Audience | Demerits of Presence of Audience | Implications for the Coach | Group Cohension | Components of Cohension | Measurement of Cohension | Factors Influencing Group Cohension

Cohension and Performance | What Coaches Can Do? | What Group Members Can Do?...

3. UNIT III- COGNITIVE PROCESSES | PERCEPTUAL MECHANISM | Definitions |Characteristics of Perception | Theories of Perception|Perception and Motor Learning|INTELLIGENCE|Intelligence Quotient|Relationship of Intelligence to Motor Ability and Physical Factors.... 4. UNIT IV-

MOTIVATION|Definitions|Types of Motives|Sources of Motives|Types of Motivation|Motivation and Sport|Guidelines for Coaches to Motivate Athletes|Pep Talk|REINFORCEMENT|Types of Reinforcement|Success and Failure|Reward and Punishment|Types of Rewards|Types of Punishment|Guidelines for Using Punishment|Drawbacks of Punishment|Positive and Negative Approaches to Influencing Behaviour|Praise and Criticism|Knowledge of Results Knowledge of Performance|Feedback|Servo Mechanism|EMOTIONAL EFFECTS-Tension|Anxiety|DefinitionsTypes of Anxiety|Measuring Anxiety|Factors Producing Pre-competitive Anxiety|Individualized Anxiety Hierarchy for a Volleyball Player|Relationship Between Anxiety and Performance|Methods to Reduce Anxiety|StresS-Types of Stress,Symptoms of Stress, Measurement of Stress|PSYCHOLOGICAL SKILL TRAINING,Autogenic Training, Progressive Relaxation, Breath Control Procedure, Imagery, Hypnosis|AGGRESSION-Definitions,Examples of Aggression, Aggression in Sport, Types of Aggression, Causes of Aggression, Theories of Aggression

Aggression and Athletic Competition, Factors Influencing Aggression, Sex Difference in Aggression, Reduction of Aggression, Implications for the Coach.... 5. UNIT V - MENTAL PLANS| Developing the Mental|Plan Self-assessment|Pre Competition Plan|Competition Focus Plan|Pre Competition Refocusing|Competition Refocusing|Post Competition Refocusing|Evaluation|

Enhancing Self Confidence|Simulation Training.