Psychology of Sport and Exercise

Check out sport and exercise psychology books, ebooks, and textbooks for instructors. Human Kinetics offers sport and exercise psychology textbooks for higher education that are perfect for undergraduate or graduate programs. Help athletes recover from injury, improve performance, and enhance mental health. Explore foundational sport psychology concepts such as motivation, personality, focus, leadership, and team dynamics. Apply effective sport psychology techniques like goal setting, imagery, confidence-building, positive reinforcement, and feedback. Understand the impact of exercise and sport on public health and mental health, and learn more about eating disorders, substance abuse, depression, and anxiety in athletes. Our professional resources have a wide range of applications and cover a broad variety of subjects. Whether you’re a coach, researcher, practitioner, or consultant, you can apply the principles of sport and exercise psychology to your profession and earn continuing education units (CEUs) with courses from Human Kinetics!