What Works When Working with Athletes

2008 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 356-377 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angela Fifer ◽  
Keith Henschen ◽  
Daniel Gould ◽  
Kenneth Ravizza
Keyword(s):  
Sport Psychology ◽  
Professional Practice ◽  
Self Reflection ◽  
What Works ◽  
Highly Effective ◽  
Practical Guidelines ◽  
History Of ◽  
Practice Knowledge ◽  
Applied Sport Psychology

A highly effective method for disseminating knowledge is to observe the most experienced individuals in the field of interest. Although business, teaching, and coaching have been mentoring and apprenticing students for years, the field of applied sport psychology does not have a long formal history of doing so. The purpose of this article is to capture and present the thoughts, theories, and techniques employed by highly experienced applied sport psychology consultants to formally record what they believe “works when working with athletes.” General topics discussed include: gaining entry, techniques of assessment, delivery of information, and approaches for preparing athletes for “major competitions.” Common ideas and practical guidelines are summarized from the authors and discussed in light of current scientific and professional practice knowledge in the field. These consultants do not claim they have all the answers, but rather share their experiences in hopes of providing ideas and facilitating self-reflection concerning consulting effectiveness on the part of the reader.

A Survey of Applied Impact of Literature in Sport Psychology

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Andrew P. Friesen
Keyword(s):  
Sport Psychology ◽  
Professional Practice ◽  
Journal Article ◽  
Direct Connection ◽  
Exercise Psychology ◽  
Scholarly Literature ◽  
Practice Teaching ◽  
Sport And Exercise ◽  
Psychology Community ◽  
Applied Sport Psychology

There has been an implied direct connection between the scholarly literature and applied practice. However, the sport and exercise psychology community is lacking an empirical account of what practitioners believe to have been the most impactful scholarly writings to their applied practice. The purpose of this study was to survey applied practitioners of their perceived most impactful scholarly writings to their professional practice. Surveys were returned from 532 participants solicited from the Association for Applied Sport Psychology membership, who were asked to identify their perceived most impactful book and journal article to their practice. Frequency statistics were calculated and presented for topic, type, title, author(s), year published, and journal. A total of 143 different books and 188 different articles across 84 different journals were reported. Implications for applied practice, teaching sport and exercise psychology, and research are presented.

scholarly journals The Self-Practice of Sport Psychologists: Do They Practice What They Preach?

2014 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 198-210 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Pack ◽  
Brian Hemmings ◽  
Monna Arvinen-Barrow
Keyword(s):  
Experiential Learning ◽  
Sport Psychology ◽  
Professional Practice ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
The Self ◽  
Research Attention ◽  
Self Reflection ◽  
Semistructured Interviews ◽  
Cognitive Techniques ◽  
Psychology Literature

The maturation processes of applied sport psychologists have received little research attention despite trainees and practitioners having often reported experiencing challenging circumstances when working with clients. Within clinical psychology literature the self-practice of cognitive techniques, alongside self-reflection, has been advocated as a means of addressing such circumstances, and as a significant source of experiential learning. The present study sought to identify the possible types of, and purposes for, self-practice among twelve UK-based sport psychology practitioners. Thematic analysis of semistructured interviews indicated all participants engaged in self-practice for reasons such as managing the self, enhancing understanding of intervention, and legitimising intervention. Some participants also described limitations to self-practice. Subsequently, three overriding themes emerged from analysis: a) the professional practice swamp, b) approaches to, and purposes for, self-practice, and, c) limitations of self-practice. It is concluded that self-practice may provide a means of better understanding self-as-person and self-as-practitioner, and the interplay between both, and is recommended as part of on-going practitioner maturation.

The Development of Consulting Practice in Applied Sport Psychology: Some Personal Perspectives

1995 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 449-468 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffery P. Simons ◽  
Mark B. Andersen
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Sport Psychology ◽  
Professional Practice ◽  
The Future ◽  
Personal Perspectives ◽  
Applied Sport Psychology ◽  
The Way

The history and development of applied sport psychology practice has not received the same attention and documentation as that of academic sport psychology. After a brief introduction to the literature on the history and professional development of applied sport psychology, some personal perspectives from consultants who have been practicing “in the field” over the last two to four decades are provided. Eleven well-known practitioners discuss how they got started, how their consulting has developed, what significant experiences they have had, and what lessons they have learned along the way. They relate their views on the progression of professional practice and what the future may hold. Finally, they offer some encouragement, cautions, and words of wisdom for fellow and future colleagues in sport psychology consulting.

scholarly journals But Why Does What Works Work? A Response to Fifer, Henschen, Gould, and Ravizza, 2008

2010 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 113-116 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amanda Martindale ◽  
Dave Collins
Keyword(s):  
Sport Psychology ◽  
Cognitive Mapping ◽  
Cognitive Task ◽  
Research Direction ◽  
Training Methods ◽  
Cognitive Mechanisms ◽  
What Works ◽  
Level Of Understanding ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Applied Sport Psychology

The article “What works when working with athletes” by Fifer, Henschen, Gould, and Ravizza (2008) offers an interesting array of information and insights used by three highly experienced applied sport psychology consultants. This response article, however, contends that it may be possible to glean a further, and crucial, level of understanding by exploring the metacognition behind the selection of such courses of action. This may be provided through applied cognitive task analysis (ACTA) techniques to access the cognitive mechanisms underpinning professional practice. A suggested research direction is to use ACTA techniques such as in-depth interviews and cognitive mapping with highly experienced applied sport psychology consultants. Specifically, these techniques would enable readers to access judgments and decisions, attentional demands, critical cues and patterns, and problem solving strategies (Gore & McAndrew, 2009). This level of understanding may help to establish how these cognitive processes impact on the support provided to clients, and in turn, assist in developing more conceptually rigorous training methods.

International Legal Thought

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Kleinlein
Keyword(s):  
International Law ◽  
Historical Analysis ◽  
Critical Potential ◽  
Self Reflection ◽  
Legal Thought ◽  
History Of ◽  
Nineteenth And Twentieth Centuries

This contribution reflects on the role of tradition-building in international law, the implications of the recent ‘turn to history’ and the ‘presentisms’ discernible in the history of international legal thought. It first analyses how international legal thought created its own tradition in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. These projects of establishing a tradition implied a considerable amount of what historians would reject as ‘presentism’. Remarkably, critical scholars of our day and age who unsettled celebratory histories of international law and unveiled ‘colonial origins’ of international law were also criticized for committing the ‘sin of anachronism’. This contribution therefore examines the basis of this critique and defends ‘presentism’ in international legal thought. However, the ‘paradox of instrumentalism’ remains: The ‘better’ historical analysis becomes, the more it loses its critical potential for current international law. At best, the turn to history activates a potential of disciplinary self-reflection.

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