{"product_id":"mindfulness-and-acceptance-in-sport-9781138624009","title":"Mindfulness and Acceptance in Sport","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eMindfulness- and acceptance-based approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Mindfulness Acceptance Commitment (MAC) are gaining momentum with sport psychology practitioners who work to support elite athletes. These acceptance-based, or third wave, cognitive behavioral approaches in sport psychology highlight that thought suppression and control techniques can trigger a metacognitive scanning process, and that excessive cognitive activity and task-irrelevant focus (self-focused attention such as trying to change thoughts) disrupts performance. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUsing this perspective, the aim of sport psychology interventions is not to help the athletes engage in the futile task of managing and controlling internal life. Rather, it suggests that sport psychology practitioners should work to increase athletes' willingness to accept negative thoughts and emotions in pursuit of valued ends. Key aspects of such interventions include: teaching athletes to open up and\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Mindfulness and Acceptance Approaches: Do They Have a Place in Elite Sport?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKristoffer Henriksen, Peter Haberl, Amy Baltzell, Jakob Hansen, Daniel Birrer, and Carsten Hvid Larsen\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSection I: How to Work with the Key Processes of Mindfulness and Acceptance in Elite Sport\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2. Helping Athletes Make Good Decisions through The Sport Lifeline and Functional Analysis\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGustaf Reinebo, Kristoffer Henriksen and Tobias Lundgren\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3. Helping Athletes Clarify their Values and Become Grounded in Their Sport Venture \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarsten Hvid Larsen, Gustaf Reinebo and Tobias Lundgren\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4. Helping Athletes be Present when Performing under Pressure\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJakob Hansen and Peter Haberl\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5. Helping Athletes Defuse and Accept: Thoughts and Emotions Are Not the Enemies\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDaniel Birrer, Greg Diment, and Olivier Schmid \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6. Helping Athletes Commit to Action: Cold Feet, Crying Babies, and Early Morning Training \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMark W. Aoyagi and Jessica D. Bartley\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSection II: Applied Cases, Good Examples and Consultant Struggles\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7. Losing Motivation, Career Termination, Reboot and an Olympic Medal: Working with a Swimmer in the Year Leading up to the Olympics \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarsten Hvid Larsen and Kristoffer Henriksen\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8. Mindful of a New Role: An ACT Based Sport Psychology Course for Coaches\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSøren Svane Hoyer, Astrid Becker-Larsen, Jakob Hansen and Kristoffer Henriksen\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9. Keeping your Eyes Closed and on the Ball: Mindfulness in Professional Sports in the United States\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMark W. Aoyagi and Jonathan Fader\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10. ACT for Adolescent Athletes: A Case Study with a Young Basketball Player \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKristel Kiens and Carsten Hvid Larsen \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e11. Mindful Sport Performance Enhancement in Action: A Case Study with an Elite Football Academy \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmy L. Spencer, Keith A. Kaufman, Carol R. Glass, and Timothy R. Pineau\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e12. Caught in the Trap of Trying to Repeat Success. Sport Psychology Support for the Swedish Men’s Handball Team in the Rio de Janeiro Olympics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohan Ekengren\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e13. Mindfulness-training in Professional Soccer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnders Meland\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e14. Nature as a Source to Gain Perspective and Experience Awe \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnne Marte Pensgaard\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e15. Self-Compassion in Sport for Courage and Performance\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmy Baltzell, Philip Röthlin and Göran Kenttä\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e16. When Disaster Hits: Helping the Injured Athlete to Accept and Refocus\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Baranoff and Renee Appaneal\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e17. East meets West: Mindfulness Intervention in Hong Kong Elite Sport Setting\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHin Yue LI (Henry) and Ning SU\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e18. Taking our own Medicine: The Mindful Sport Psychology Practitioner in High Pressure Events\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKristoffer Henriksen, Carsten Hvid Larsen, and Jakob Hansen\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019509662039,"sku":"9781138624009","price":39.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781138624009.jpg?v=1750780481","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/mindfulness-and-acceptance-in-sport-9781138624009","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}