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Mindfulness Strategies: Consulting with Coaches and Athletes: Background and Presentation of the 2013 AASP Annual Convention Workshop.
- Source :
- Journal of Sport Psychology in Action; Sep2014, Vol. 5 Issue 3, p147-155, 9p, 1 Diagram
- Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- The purpose of this article is to provide a summary and discussion of the main workshop ideas presented at the national 2013 AASP Conference, entitled Mindfulness Strategies: Consulting with Coaches and Athletes. In this article a brief overview of the meaning of mindfulness and potential benefits of mindfulness-based strategies are offered. Specific mindfulness-based strategies for sport psychology consultants working with athletes and coaches are presented. The mindfulness-oriented strategies offered, integrated with traditional mental skills training, include normalizing the experience of negative emotions, accepting aversive emotions, clarifying and committing to task-focused efforts in performance, visualizing success and noticing the good. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 21520704
- Volume :
- 5
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Sport Psychology in Action
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 99572828
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/21520704.2014.943916