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Eighteen speeches are included in these proceedings of the National Conference on Sports Psychology, held in May 1973. The purposes of the conference were to provide practical applications of psychology in the coaching of sports and to assist sports psychology instructors and men and women coaches as they work with student athletes. The 18 speeches are categorized under six general topics: (a) athletic achievement, (b) behavior, (c) special interests, (d) learning, (e) teaching and coaching, and (f) women in sports. The self-concept of the winner and the relationship of personality to athletic achievement are discussed in the first section. Stimulus, motivation, and aggression are discussed in section 2. In the special interest section, sports psychology is related to football, wrestling, cross-country, and hockey. There are two titles in the fourth section: "Learning and Performance at the High Skill Level" and "Imagery and Affect in Motor Skills." The fifth section includes presentations on teaching sports psychology, developing values through sport, and coaching in an era of individual awareness. The section on women in sports includes a discussion of humanistic psychology applied to coaching women and a presentation on public attitude toward women in sport. (HMD)