Areas within Sport Psychology:

• Clinical Sport Psychology - use of mental skills to overcome barriers to performance
• Psychology of Injury
  • recovery from injury
  • pain detection and tolerance
  • effectiveness of rehabilitation intervention
• Psychology of Exercise
  • effects of physical activity on psychological health
  • adherence to exercise
  • positive and negative exercise dependence
• Cognitive sport psychology
  • imagery
  • goal setting
  • self-regulation
  • thought stoppage
• Educational sport psychology
  • how we learn and remember sport skills