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BOOK REVIEW TERM PAPER Sport Psychology Books from which you can choose: Title: On the sweet spot Author: Keefe, Richard Subject: Keefe, a clinical psychologist and the director of the sport psychology program at Duke University, looks into the nature of his golfing experience, and finds links to the spirit and the brain. On the Sweet Spot builds from the physical and neurological to the mystical and philosophical, then adds a layer of the practical (how to capture or recapture the states of being in the zone.) Title: Working it out: using exercise in psychotherapy Author: Hays, Kate F. Subject: Reviews the benefits of exercise, provides empirical support for using it as a therapeutic tool, and describes ways to apply it to a wide variety of populations. Title: Unpaid professionals: commercialism and conflict in big-time college sports Author: Zimbalist, Andrew S. Subject: In remarkably clear and clear-eyed prose, Zimbalist follows the money instead of the ball in the emotion-charged world of college sports. Title: The cheers and the tears: a healthy alternative to the dark side of youth sports today Author: Murphy, Shane M. Subject: An explosive unmasking of the negative aspects of organized youth sports across the country and a passionate cry for the reform and more positive values for kids swept up in the dominant culture of USA sports today. Title: Leading with the heart: Coach K’s successful strategies for basketball, business, and life Author: Krzyzewski, Mike Subject: Krzyzewski reviews the lessons he’s learned as a basketball coach at Duke University, and tries to universalize them so they translate to any leadership position. Title: It’s not about the bike: my journey back to life Author: Armstrong, Lance Subject: People around the world have found inspiration in the story of Lance Armstrong – a world-class athlete nearly struck down by cancer, only to recover and win the Tour de France, the multi-day bicycle race famous for its grueling intensity. Title: The mental edge: maximize your sports potential with the mind-body connection Author: Baum, Kenneth Subject: Sports-Psychological aspects; Imagery Title: Let’s kill ‘em: understanding and controlling violence in sports/Jon Leizman Author: Leizman, Jon Subject: Jon Leizman suggests practical methods of controlling violence in professional team sports, and offers a discussion of how competition is understood in terms of the self and the opponent. Title: Little Girls in Pretty Boxes: The making and breaking of elite gymnasts and figure skaters Author: Ryan, Joan Subject: Ryan, an award-winning columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle, offers disturbing anecdotal evidence indicating that women’s gymnastics and figure skating are physically and psychologically damaging to a majority of participants with realistic Olympic aspirations. Title: Sacred Hoops: Spiritual Lessons of a Hardwood Warrior Author: Jackson, Phil Subject: The Zen of coaching the Chicago Bulls Title: Flow in sports Author: Susan Jackson & Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Subject: Two leading experts on “the flow state” explain the phenomenon as it occurs in sports and provide keys for creating favorable conditions for unleashing the power of “flow” of mind and spirit. Title: Embracing victory: Life lessons in competition and compassion Author: Nelson, Mariah Burton Subject: Nelson reclaims competition as fun and female. She argues that competition does not have to be about cutting throats and conquering enemies. Title: Feminism and sporting bodies: essays on theory and practice Author: Hall, M. Ann Subject: Blends new cultural criticism and feminist research into a discourse, which approaches sport as a political site for feminist resistance and transformation. Title: Coming on strong: gender and sexuality in twentieth-century women’s sport Author: Cahn, Susan K. Subject: A subtly reasoned consideration of women and sports—a study that goes beyond the historical record to examine athletics as both a reflection of and challenge to culturally enforced notions of gender. Title: Strong women, deep closets: lesbians and homophobia in sport Author: Griffin, Pat Subject: Griffin draws on her experience as a lesbian coach and athlete for this groundbreaking work intended to “challenge the despised sexual predator image” that so often stalks when women and sport come together. Title: Sport, men, and the gender order: critical feminist perspectives Editors: Michael A. Messner, Don F. Sabo Subject: presents 18 essays exploring the relationship between gender and sports. Title: My losing season Author: Pat Conroy Subject: Here, in the re-creation of the losing basketball season his team endured during his senior year at the Citadel, 1966-1967, Conroy gives readers an intimate look at how suffering can be transformed to become a source of strength and inspiration. Title: The game of life: College sports and educational values Author: William G. Bowen, James L. Shulman Subject: Analysis of strengths and weaknesses of current situation in intercollegiate sports Title: Playing the zone: Exploring the spiritual dimensions of sports Author: Andrew Cooper Subject: A socio-religious exploration of the meaning of sports Title: Friday Night Lights Author: H.G. Bissinger Subject: Secular religions are fascinating in the devotion and zealousness they breed, and in Texas, high school football has its own rabid hold over the faithful. Title: Sport-fans: The psychology and social impact of spectators Author: Wann,-Daniel-L et al Subject: An overview and analysis of sports fans, examining the role played by and the impact of sport in the lives of sport fans and spectators, and the importance of sport for society at large. Title: Among the Thugs Author: Bill Buford Subject: A horrific and up-close look at British football (soccer) fan violence. Title: The achievement zone: Eight skills for winning all the time from the playing field to the boardroom Author: Shane Murphy Subject: An eight-skill program by the longtime sport psychologist for the U.S. Olympic Committee, designed to put your performance in the “Zone.” Title: Sub 4:00: Alan Webb and the Quest for the Fastest Mile Author: Chris Lear Subject: Alan Webb was just 18 when he broke a 36-year-old record by running the fastest mile ever for a high-school athlete. Lear follows Webb at Michigan as he juggles the challenges of college academics, injuries, and media attention along with the rigors of competition; Lear also examines group dynamics as the other runners adjust to the presence of a track wunderkind in their midst. Title: Fever Pitch Author: Nick Hornby Subject: Hornby's purpose in writing this memoir is to explore the "meaning" that British football holds for many enthusiasts. Few people in North America can grasp the fanatic appreciation that Europeans and the British have for the game. While this book will be popular with soccer fans, readers having little or no knowledge of the sport will require more basic information.