Part 1: Providing Psychological Training As A Coach And Mental Health Among Athletes
1. Do’s and Don’ts for Coaches who Provide Sport Psychology to their Athletes: Ethics, Referrals, and the HCPC
2. Mental Health Disorders and Symptoms Among Athletes
Part 2: Identifying The Psychological Needs Of Athletes
3. Conducting Intake Interviews
4. Using Questionnaires to Assess the Needs of Athletes
Part 3: Facilitating Awareness Among Athletes
5. Goal Setting
6. Performance Profiling
Part 4: Coaching Different Populations And Providing Psychological Support To Athletes With Different Needs
7. Coaching Children
8. Coaching Adolescents
9. Coaching Adults
10. Coaching Athletes with Learning Disabilities
11. Providing Psychological Support to an Injured Athlete
12. Managing Perfectionistic Tendencies Among Athletes
Part 5: Relationships, Support, And Influence Within Coaching Practice
13. The Coach-Athlete Relationship
14. Understanding and Building Team Cohesion
15. Socially Supporting Athletes Effectively
16. Enhancing Intrinsic Motivation among Athletes
17. Creating the Optimal Motivational Climate
18. Applying Self-Determination Theory and Research to Enhance Coaching Practice
19. Reducing Favourable Attitudes and Susceptibility Towards Doping Among Athletes
20. Developing Formal Athlete Leaders and Shared Leadership within Teams
Part 6: Mental Skills Training For Athletes
21. Mental Imagery
22. Mental Toughness Training
23. Maximising Sport-Confidence
24. Coping Effectiveness Training
25. Enhancing Challenge States and Minimising Threat among Athletes
26. Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Training
27. Preventing Choking Under Pressure in Sport
Biography
Adam R. Nicholls is based in the Department of Sport, Health, and Exercise Science at the University of Hull, UK. His primary research is related to stress, appraisal, and coping among athletes, along with the psycho-social factors linked to doping among athletes and coaches, which is reflected in his publications. Professor Nicholls has published more than 85 peer-reviewed journal articles and is a registered sport and exercise psychologist with the Health, Care, and Professions Council. He currently serves as an associate editor for Frontiers in Psychology and sits on the editorial board for the International Journal of Sport Psychology.
