Critical Moments During Competition: A Mind-Body Model of Sport Performance When It Counts the Most Contributor(s): Carlstedt, Roland A. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1841690945 ISBN-13: 9781841690940 Publisher: Psychology Press OUR PRICE: $56.04 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2004 Annotation: This book provides an integrative empirical analysis of numerous anecdotal notions and cliches that have permeated sport psychology, including just do it, the ideal performance state, mental toughness, focus, and the idea that sport is mostly a mental game. The author, Dr. Roland A. Carlstedt, travels where no researcher has ventured in quantifying these slogan statements, bringing new insights and data as to their meaning. His Theory of Critical Moments provides a long-overdue, lucid and highly plausible explanation for the dynamics of Zone and Flow states as well as the effects of intrusive cognitions on sport performance. In attempting to quantify the Zone, Carlstedt presents provocative data and perspectives on brain and heart interactions, suggesting that specific parameters of these measures reflect peak performance states. His model has explained up to 44% of the variance in the performance equation that can be attributed to psychological factors - an unprecedented finding that attests to the sensitivity and potency of the predictor and criterion variables Carlstedt has isolated as being crucial and central to peak sport performance. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Sports & Recreation | Sports Psychology - Psychology |
Dewey: 796.01 |
LCCN: 2004009542 |
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.85 lbs) 280 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: This book presents first-time research findings and new empirically based perspectives and applications in sport psychology.Highly provocative data derived from the largest single study ever on athletes is used to advance an original model of peak performance centering on a clearly emerging athlete's profile. Central to the book is the Theory of Critical Moments, which proposes that mental factors are most crucial during specifically delineated psychologically significant periods of competition and helps explain when and why intrusive cognitions influence performance. |