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This book integrates findings from across domains in performance psychology to focus on core research on what influences peak and non-peak performance. The book explores basic and applied research identifying cognition-action interactions, perception-cognition interactions, emotion-cognition interactions, and perception-action interactions. The book explores performance in sports, music, and the arts both for individuals and teams/groups, looking at the influence of cognition, perception, personality, motivation and drive, attention, stress, coaching, and age. This comprehensive work includes contributions from the US, UK, Canada, Germany, and Australia.

Front Cover; Performance Psychology; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Preface; WHAT IS PERFORMANCE PSYCHOLOGY?; WHAT COMPONENTS OF PERFORMANCE PSYCHOLOGY ARE CONSIDERED?; HOW IS THE BOOK STRUCTURED?; Section A -- What is Performance Psychology?; Overview; 1 -- The Building Blocks of Performance: An Overview; PERCEPTION; ACTION; COGNITION; EMOTION; REFERENCES; 2 -- Theoretical Framework of Performance Psychology: An Action Theory Perspective; DEFINITION AND SCOPE OF PERFORMANCE PSYCHOLOGY; Performance and Psychology; Structure of Performance Orientation; Characteristics of Peak Performance.

The Action Paradigm-A Meta-Theoretical Perspective on PerformanceThe Primacy of Action; Intention-The Organizing Principle of Action; The Action Space and Its Situational Configuration; The Functional Architecture of Actions; System Levels of Action Organization; The Phase Structure of Actions; Functional Systems of Action Control; Functionality of Emotional Processes with Special Reference to Performance; Multifacetedness and Functional Complexity; Functional Disturbances; Options in Emotional Processing; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; 3 -- Measurement Considerations in Performance Psychology.

Measurement Considerations in Performance PsychologyTYPES OF MEASURES; Quantitative Measures; The Concept of Reliability; The Concept of Validity; Statistical Power and Sample Size; Administering and Interpreting Performance Measures; Qualitative Measures; Sampling: The Importance of Case Selection; Methodological Triangulation and Interpretative Pluralism; Transferability of Measures and Research Outcomes; MEASUREMENT AND THEORY DEVELOPMENT; Alternative Models; The Principle of Parsimony; TWO-PARAMETER MODEL FOR CAPTURING THE COGNITIVE-AFFECTIVE-BEHAVIORAL LINKAGE IN PERFORMANCE PSYCHOLOGY.

NEW TRENDS IN PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTSUMMARY; REFERENCES; 4 -- Applications within Performance Psychology; FUNCTIONS OF APPLIED PERFORMANCE PSYCHOLOGY; THE ROAD TO EXCELLENCE; DEVELOPING AN ECOLOGICALLY APPROPRIATE PERFORMANCE PSYCHOLOGY PROGRAM IN MUSIC; CONSIDERATIONS FOR IMPLEMENTING PERFORMANCE PSYCHOLOGY; Phase 1-Orientation; Phase 2-Activity Analysis; Phase 3-Individual/Team Assessment; Phase 4-Conceptualization; Phase 5-Psychological Skills Training; Phase 6-Implementation; Phase 7-Evaluation; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Section B -- Performance Phenomena of Cognitive-Action Interaction.

Overview5 -- Bridging the Gap between Action and Cognition: An Overview; COGNITION AND ACTION; THE YIPS IN GOLF; Neurological Origin: Focal Dystonia; Psychological Origin: Choking; Motor Origin: Dynamic Stereotype; Diagnosing and Treating the Yips; THE EDUCATION OF SOCCER COACHES; TALENT IDENTIFICATION AND ASSESSMENT IN HIGH-PERFORMANCE SPORTS; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; 6 -- Improving Performance by Means of Action-Cognition Coupling in Athletes and Coaches; THE PROFESSION OF COACHING; PURPOSE; DEVELOPMENT OF COACHING EXPERTISE; History of Leadership in Sport; Behavioral Theories.