Sports Psychology

Dr. O'Riordan became involved in athletics at about age twelve. His experience in Gaelic games sponsored by the Cumann Lútcleas Gael (Gaelic Athletic Association), long-distance running organized by the Bord Lútcleas na hÉireann (Irish Athletic Board) and cycling Rás Tialteann (cycling races) game him a value in sports psychology. He teaches people the strength of visualization, self-talk, reducing anxiety, increasing motivation, and one's personal needs. In central and eastern Europe and in many countries in Asia sports psychology has been a part of the sports for a long time. The benefits of accepting a sports-psychology is becoming more popular with athletics, coaches, managers and owners of sport companies. The national and international organizations of sports psychology are growing such as the Association for the Advancement of Applied Sports Psychology, and the Division 47 in the American Psychological Association.

Muramatu (258), Sigeta (305), Tanaka (265), Sato (374)

There is an increase in research journals of sports psychology such as International Journal of Sports Psychology, Journal of Clinical Sports Psychology, Journal of Sports Psychology, Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, Journal of Applied Sport Psychology and The Sport Psychologist. There are also great books, such as Sports psyching: Playing your best game all of the time by Thomas Tutko and Umberto Tosi; Applied sport psychology: Personal growth to peak performance edited by Jean M. Williams; Sport psychology: The key concepts by Ellis Cashmore; The double-goal coach, by Jim Thompson. The popularity of the van Aaken method by Ernst van Aaken. Thomas Tutko was one of the earliest Americans who introduce sport-psychology in the United States. He was the cofounder of the Institute of Athletic Motivation and Professor of Psychology at the California State University, San Jose, California. Athletes can learn a lot about approaching their event by consulting with a sport-psychologist.

            Contact Dr. O'Riordan by telephone at (650) 948-9989,
or by email at tubrid@stanford.edu

Resources

Association for Advancement of Applied Sports Psychology, 7600 Terrance Ave., #203, Middleton, Wisconsin 53562. (608) 831-0144.

Baum, Kenneth (1999). The mental edge: Maximize your sports potential with the mind-body connection. A Perigee Books, New York.

Cashmore, Ellis. (2002). Sport psychology: The key concepts. Routledge, New York.

Chi, Precilla Y. (2006). Femininity and the physically active woman. Taylor & Frances, New York.

Gill, Diane L. (2000). Psychological dynamics of sport and exercise. Human Kinetics, Champaign, Illinois.

Horn, Thelma. (Ed.). (2002). Advances in sport psychology. Human Kinetics, Champaign, Illinois.

Kerr, John H. (2006). Rethinking aggression and violence in sports. Taylor & Francis Group, New York.

Kramer, John, et al. (Eds.). (2006). Young people's involvement in sports. Taylor & Francis Group, New York.

Orlick, Terry. (2000). In pursuit of excellence: How to win in sports and life through mental training. Human Kinetics, New York.

Packard, Erika. (2007). Sports Authority: A Div. 47-Approved Proficiency Defines the Skill that Sports Psychology Needs. Monitor on Psychology. 38. 3. 62-64.

Rice, Jerry, et al. (2007). Go long: My journey beyond the game and the fame. Ballantive Books Inc., New York.

Smith, Tommie., et al. (2007). Silent gesture: The autobiography ofTommie Smith. Temple University Press, New York.

Tenenbaum, Gershon., etal. (Eds.). Handbook of sports psychology. Wiley, New York.

Thompson, Jim. (2003). The double-goal coach. Harper & Collins, New York.

Tutko, Thomas., et al. (1976). Sports psyching: Playing your game all of the time. J. P. Tarcher, Inc., Los Angeles, California.

van Aaken, Ernst. (1976). vanAaken method. World Publications, Mountain View, California.

Weinberg, Robert S., et al. (2006). Foundations of sport and exercise psychology. Human Kinetics, Champaign, Illinois.

Williams, Jean M. (Ed.). (2006). Appledd sport psychology: Personal growth to peak performance. Mc Graw & Hill Co, Inc., New York.

Winerman, Lea. (2005). Psychology in the stadium. Monitor on Psychology. 36, 4, 50-51.

Wooden, John., et al. (1997). Wooden: A lifetime of observations and reflections and off the court. Contemporary Books, Los Angeles, California.

 

Websites

American Psychological Association, Committee on Division, www.apa.org/about/division.html or www.psyc.unt.edu/apadiv47

Human Kinetics http://www.humankinetics.com/

Online Information about books in Sports Psychology, www.psypress.com/opal

Positive Coaching Alliance (800) 595-4977, http://www.positivecoaching.org/