Ebook: Psychology in professional sports and the performing arts: challenges and strategies

1. Embarking on sport psychology with professional level athletes / Dieter Hackfort and Robert J. Schinke -- 2. Context is everything : working with the transitioning athlete / Angus Mugford -- 3. How to become a consulting business / Robert M. Nideffer -- 4. Overcoming resistance from clients and stakeholders / Frank L. Gardner -- 5. Working with transnational professional athletes / Zella E. Moore -- 6. Ethical practice challenges of consultation in professional sport / Edward F. Etzel and Jack C. Watson II -- 7. Twenty years' experience working within professional tennis / Chris Harwood -- 8. My consulting life on the PGA tour : a 25 year experience / Richard Gordin -- 9. How a plant pot led me to performance psychology in women's professional golf / Christian Smith -- 10. The strategies and methods for working with professional motor racing drivers / Dieter Hackfort -- 11. Consultancy with elite professional boxers and their working teams / Robert J. Schinke -- 12. Working within professional mixed martial arts / Rebecca Symes -- 13. Mental training program for a sumo wrestler / Yoichi Kozuma -- 14. Working within polo: a wonderland experience / Stiliano "Ani" Chroni -- 15. Working within the National Hockey League / Paul Dennis -- 16. Working within professional football / Mark S. Nesti -- 17. Working within Professional Rugby Union / Stephen D. Mellalieu -- 18. Working within elite professional cricket : the role of a sport psychology consultant / Stewart T. Cotterill -- 19. Working within professional baseball : reflections and recommendations on the practice of sport and performance psychology / Charles A. Maher -- 20. From the sport world to the big top : Jean Francois Menard's journey with Cirque du Soleil / Leslee A. Fisher and Jean Francois Menard -- 21. Performance psychology in ballet and modern dance / Sharon A. Chirban and Miriam R. Rowan -- 22. My journey into sports psychology : strategies, challenges and case studies / Lois Butcher-Poffley -- 23. Synthesis and reflections on professional sport consulting / Dieter Hackfort and Robert J. Schinke.