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Sports Coaching Resources
Welcome to the page where we give you details of other online resources available on the topic of coaching for sports.
Sports coaching and sport psychology are a fast growing field, perhaps because sport is an area of people’s lives where they can challenge and push themselves further, whether at the level of a professional athlete or the amateur sportsperson, both striving to improve and be the best they can.
Sporting pursuits are very closely tied in with our health, so it is natural that this is one of the areas that people seek support and require coaching for. Golf is the classic example of a sport where the mind’s performance is as important as the exercise of the body’s skills, and this idea is spreading to other individual and team sports.
Check out the recommended website below for information and views on sports coaching and psychology and how they could help you, and peruse the other listed web links too.
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In the “Sports Psychology Uncovered” section you will find information to enhance your understanding of sports psychology – a description of what it is, why it is used, its benefits and the different areas involved, plus information about how to enter the field of sports psychology – the education and work experience required plus the career paths available. Also contains several articles on different aspects of sports psychology, such as reviewing performance and managing anxiety, with new articles being added all the time. You can also find links to other useful websites, such as the British Psychological Society (BPS) and the British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences (BASES), plus a help jargon busting section to help you decipher the terminology.
http://www.mentalskills.co.uk
External Web Resources
Peak Performance Sports - Sports Psychology Tools for Athletes from Mental Game Expert Dr. Patrick Cohn - considered the most comprehensive mental game improvement site on the web. Packed with valuable tips and strategies as well as a variety of products and services, PeakSports.com will take seriously motivated athletes to the next performance level - http://www.peaksports.com
Get Psyched Sports - A nonprofit U.S. corporation that brings positive change in youth and school sport by changing the current model of a sports team where messages are verbal to one where there is a written mental skill curriculum to be read, studied and practiced throughout the season by player and coach. - www.getpsychedsports.org
PowerBasketball - A youth basketball coaching and athletic resource -
www.powerbasketball.com
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