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Sport Psychology


A Psychoanalytic Perspective on Anxiety in Athletes
This article discusses winning and the anxiety of separation, the dread of success, self psychology and sports, Freud's instinctive theory and sports, and secondary gain found in defeat.
Athletic Insight
Athletic Insight is "the online journal of sport psychology.".
British Journal of Sports Medicine
Journal provides links to some articles related to sport psychology such as the benefits of exercise in the treatment of depression. Site also provides links to other related web sites.
Careers in Sports Psychology
Site provides information about the history of sports psychology as a career, the subfields of sports psychology, the pros and cons of career in sports psychology, and the education and employment opportunities in sports psychology.
Disability Sports
"This section consists of a brief overview of psychological/mental skills that may be useful to athletes with a disability, followed by abstracts related to this topic. Relevant list serves and web sites are listed at the end of this section."
Sport Psychology OverSite
Although the name of this site implies that something is missing, there are many good pages linked here by both topics (e.g., self-confidence) and specific sports.
Sport and Exercise Psychology
Listing of organizations, graduate programs, a mailing list, and other information pertinent to sports psychology.
Sportscience
This is " a peer-reviewed site for sport research.".
The Mental Edge
Information about sport psychology; includes a list of readings in sport psychology.

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