Citation

Andersen MB, Van Raalte JL, Brewer BW. Prof. Psychol. Res. Pr. 2001; 32(1): 12-18.

Affiliation

School of Human Movement, Recreation, and Performance, Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2001, American Psychological Association)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

12449939

Abstract

Although the parent discipline of sport psychology is psychology, the delivery of sport psychology services has its main roots in physical education and sports science (motor learning and control, skill acquisition). Thus, sport psychologists may look more like coaches than they look like clinicians or counselors. In this article, the authors trace the evolution of sport psychology services and contrast the temporal, spatial, and delivery issues of applied sport psychology with more mainstream counseling and clinical psychology. The looser boundaries of sport psychologist practice have both benefits and dangers, and the authors offer some examples to professional psychologists who are thinking of expanding their delivery of service to athletes and coaches.

Language: en