Description:
This book explores the strategies and techniques that facilitate the performance and learning of closed self-paced motor tasks. Included in the instructional-psychological routines discussed are pre-performance, focusing attention, motor imagery, enhanced expectancies, autonomy support, gaze strategies, self-talk, and periodization.
Review Quotes:
"Pre-performance routines are one of the most noticeable features of sport. To the observer, they seem slightly obsessive, sometimes quirky, and largely incidental to success. To researchers and practitioners, they offer a window into the psychology of performance. This book brings together an excellent group of researchers from around the world to share their insights and offer practical advice for enhancing performance"
-Robin Jackson, Loughborough University