Developing and Sustaining Sport Psychology Programs: A Resource Guide for Practitioners
Developing and Sustaining Sport Psychology Programs: A Resource Guide for Practitioners outlines a systemic approach to creating comprehensive, sustainable sport psychology programs in professional sports organizations, colleges, universities, and at secondary school levels.

Based on the author’s more than 30 years of professional experience, this volume presents a framework that delineates methods for designing, implementing, and evaluating sport psychology programs, discussing topics such as needs assessment and client identification. Featuring real-world experiences and clear, non-technical writing, this step-by-step guide can be applied to a range of sport psychology programs including mental skills, life skills, coach education, leadership training, and team development programs.

Developing and Sustaining Sport Psychology Programs details a program development process that has been applied successfully at the professional, collegiate, and secondary school levels over a more than 30-year period. It has contributed to the development of sport psychology programs that have sustained themselves over the course of time and is an essential text for sport psychologists and mental skills coaches at all levels as well as graduate students and other professionals in the field.

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Developing and Sustaining Sport Psychology Programs: A Resource Guide for Practitioners
Developing and Sustaining Sport Psychology Programs: A Resource Guide for Practitioners outlines a systemic approach to creating comprehensive, sustainable sport psychology programs in professional sports organizations, colleges, universities, and at secondary school levels.

Based on the author’s more than 30 years of professional experience, this volume presents a framework that delineates methods for designing, implementing, and evaluating sport psychology programs, discussing topics such as needs assessment and client identification. Featuring real-world experiences and clear, non-technical writing, this step-by-step guide can be applied to a range of sport psychology programs including mental skills, life skills, coach education, leadership training, and team development programs.

Developing and Sustaining Sport Psychology Programs details a program development process that has been applied successfully at the professional, collegiate, and secondary school levels over a more than 30-year period. It has contributed to the development of sport psychology programs that have sustained themselves over the course of time and is an essential text for sport psychologists and mental skills coaches at all levels as well as graduate students and other professionals in the field.

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Developing and Sustaining Sport Psychology Programs: A Resource Guide for Practitioners

Developing and Sustaining Sport Psychology Programs: A Resource Guide for Practitioners

by Charles A. Maher
Developing and Sustaining Sport Psychology Programs: A Resource Guide for Practitioners

Developing and Sustaining Sport Psychology Programs: A Resource Guide for Practitioners

by Charles A. Maher

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Developing and Sustaining Sport Psychology Programs: A Resource Guide for Practitioners outlines a systemic approach to creating comprehensive, sustainable sport psychology programs in professional sports organizations, colleges, universities, and at secondary school levels.

Based on the author’s more than 30 years of professional experience, this volume presents a framework that delineates methods for designing, implementing, and evaluating sport psychology programs, discussing topics such as needs assessment and client identification. Featuring real-world experiences and clear, non-technical writing, this step-by-step guide can be applied to a range of sport psychology programs including mental skills, life skills, coach education, leadership training, and team development programs.

Developing and Sustaining Sport Psychology Programs details a program development process that has been applied successfully at the professional, collegiate, and secondary school levels over a more than 30-year period. It has contributed to the development of sport psychology programs that have sustained themselves over the course of time and is an essential text for sport psychologists and mental skills coaches at all levels as well as graduate students and other professionals in the field.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780367345563
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 07/06/2020
Pages: 204
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Charles A. Maher is a Sport and Performance Psychologist and Senior Director of the Department of Personal and Organizational Performance with the Cleveland Indians Baseball Organization.

Table of Contents

Preface vii

Organization of the Book xi

Philosophy of Sport Psychology Program Development xiii

Acknowledgments xvi

Part I Foundations 1

1 Taking a Systems Perspective on Sport Psychology 3

2 Defining and Illustrating Sport Psychology Programs 8

3 Setting the Stage For Program Development 15

4 Overviewing the Program Development Process 22

Part II Clarification Phase 27

5 Specifying the Program Participants 29

6 Assessing the Needs of Program Participants 36

7 Determining Relevant Organizational Context 47

Part III Design Phase 59

8 Establishing the Purpose and Goals of the Program 61

9 Organizing the Program Design 72

10 Putting the Program Design into an Evaluable Form 81

Part IV Implementation Phase 87

11 Facilitating Program Implementation 89

12 Monitoring the Process of Program Implementation 98

Part V Evaluation Phase 107

13 Formulating a Program Evaluation Plan 109

14 Evaluating Program Implementation 120

15 Evaluating Goal Attainment 128

16 Evaluating Reactions to the Program 144

17 Evaluating the Program's Strong Points and Limitations 155

18 Communicating and Using Program Evaluation Information 163

19 Closing Comments and Program Development Practice Standards 173

Appendices

Appendix A Example of a Progam Design 175

Appendix B Sport Psychology Program Evaluation Plan 180

References 183

Index 185

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