Mindfulness and acceptance in sport: how to help athletes perform and thrive under pressure

"The goal of Mindfulness and Acceptance Approaches in Elite Sport then is to provide students, researchers, practitioners and coaches of sport psychology with practical guidance for implementing mindfulness and acceptance approaches in their work with athletes. Bringing together highly experienced practitioners and sharing their working methods, exercises and cases to inspire the sport psychology profession"--

Mindfulness and acceptance approaches : do they have a place in elite sport? / Kristoffer Henriksen, Peter Haberl, Amy Baltzell, Jakob Hansen, Daniel Birrer, and Carsten Hvid Larsen -- Helping athletes make good decisions through the sport lifeline and functional analysis / Gustaf Reinebo, Kristoffer Henriksen and Tobias Lundgren -- Helping athletes clarify their values and become grounded in their sport venture / Carsten Hvid Larsen, Gustaf Reinebo and Tobias Lundgren -- Helping athletes be present when performing under pressure / Jakob Hansen and Peter Haberl -- Helping athletes defuse and accept : thoughts and emotions are not the enemies / Daniel Birrer, Greg Diment, and Olivier Schmid -- Helping athletes commit to action : cold feet, crying babies, and early morning training / Mark W. Aoyagi and Jessica D. Bartley --Losing motivation, career termination, reboot and an Olympic medal : working with a swimmer in the year leading up to the Olympics / Carsten Hvid Larsen and Kristoffer Henriksen -- Mindful of a new role : an ACT based sport psychology course for coaches / Søren Svane Hoyer, Astrid Becker-Larsen, Jakob Hansen and Kristoffer Henriksen -- Keeping your eyes closed and…