# Sport Psychology

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Category: Psychology
Slides: 30
Updated: 2026-05-15T22:19:07.803Z
Tags: psychology, sport

## Summary

A field that exists because, at the elite level, the physical gap between competitors closes — and the psychological gap is what remains. Key sections include: Sport Psychology.; Opening The mind as the last training ground.; Chapter I The Illinois laboratory.; Chapter II From Ogilvie to Athletes' Performance.; Chapter III Flow in sport.; Chapter IV Mental rehearsal.; Chapter V What goal-setting actually does.; Chapter VI The arousal-performance curve.; Chapter VII Why elite athletes fail at the worst possible moment.; Chapter VIII The voice in the head..

## Slide Outline

1. Sport Psychology.
2. Opening The mind as the last training ground.
3. Chapter I The Illinois laboratory.
4. Chapter II From Ogilvie to Athletes' Performance.
5. Chapter III Flow in sport.
6. Chapter IV Mental rehearsal.
7. Chapter V What goal-setting actually does.
8. Chapter VI The arousal-performance curve.
9. Chapter VII Why elite athletes fail at the worst possible moment.
10. Chapter VIII The voice in the head.
11. Chapter IX The mindset literature, weighed.
12. Chapter X Mental toughness, resilience, hardiness.
13. Chapter XI Team dynamics.
14. Chapter XII Coach behaviour and athlete outcomes.
15. Chapter XIII The Olympic preparation programmes.
16. Chapter XIV The mental-health turn.
17. Chapter XV The aesthetic and weight-class sports.
18. Chapter XVI The brain at risk.
19. Chapter XVII The end of the career.
20. Chapter XVIII Children and adolescents in sport.
21. Chapter XIX The applied toolkit, audited.
22. Chapter XX The mindfulness wave.
23. Chapter XXI Coaches who applied the field.
24. Chapter XXII Twenty-five works.
25. Chapter XXIII Watch & read.
26. Chapter XXIV What separates the very best.
27. Chapter XXV Sport psychology in Paralympic and adaptive sport.
28. Chapter XXVI What the field gets wrong.
29. Chapter XXVII The field at a hundred.
30. The end of the deck.

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