Acceptance and Commitment Approaches for Athletes’ Wellbeing and Performance The Flexible Mind / by Ross G. White, Andrew Bethell, Lewis Charnock, Stephen Leckey, Victoria Penpraze.

Acceptance and Commitment Approaches for Athletes’ Wellbeing and Performance The Flexible Mind /

Elite sport can be an unforgiving and harsh environment. This book explores psychological predictors of wellbeing and performance excellence in elite level athletes, and presents an innovative approach for optimizing mental wellbeing and sporting performance. Jointly developed by performance psychol...

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Main Authors: White, Ross G. (Author), Bethell, Andrew (Author), Charnock, Lewis (Author), Leckey, Stephen (Author), Penpraze, Victoria (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2021.
Edition:1st ed. 2021.
Subjects:
Sports—Psychological aspects.
Psychology, Applied.
Sports sciences.
Psychology—Methodology.
Psychometrics.
Online Access: Full text (Wentworth users only)
Table of Contents:
  • 1. The Flexible Mind: What is it and what does it offer?
  • 2. Mindfulness- and Acceptance Based Interventions for Performance and Mental Health Outcomes in Sport
  • 3. Setting the Scene for the Flexible Mind approach
  • 4. Introducing Athletes to the Flexible Mind approach
  • 5. Mind full vs. Mindful
  • 6. Orientating to Our Inner Compass
  • 7. Being Open, Living Big
  • 8. Getting Present with the Discomfort
  • 9. Flexibility…of the Psychological Kind
  • 10. Developing the Game Plan
  • 11. Getting the Environment Right.

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