Sport and the Brain: The Science of Preparing, Enduring and Winning, Part A

Sport and the Brain: The Science of Preparing, Enduring and Winning, Part A, Volume 231 reflects recent advancements in the understanding of how elite athletes prepare for-and perform at-peak levels during competition. The latest release in this series focuses on a variety of topics, including chapters on Great British medalists: Psychosocial biographies of Super-Elite and Elite athletes from Olympic sports, a chapter on elite and super-elite Great British athletes: Some theoretical implications from Hardy et al.’s (2016) findings, and The psychosocial development of world class athletes: Additional considerations for understanding the whole person and salience of adversity.

This series takes a multidisciplinary approach, focusing on aspects of psychology, neuroscience, skill learning, talent development and physiology.

Takes a multidisciplinary approach, focusing on aspects of psychology, neuroscience, skill learning, talent development, and physiologyFocuses on sports and the brainContains expertise and an international focus of contributorsAdopts the novel approach of having a target article with critical commentaries on the lessons learned from British multiple gold medalists at Olympic and World Championships

1. Great British medalists: Psychosocial biographies of Super-Elite and Elite athletes from Olympic sports
2.  On elite and super-elite Great British athletes: Some theoretical implications from Hardy et al.’s (2016) findings
3. The psychosocial development of world class athletes: Additional considerations for understanding the whole person and salience of adversity
4. The journey of a thousand miles…  Notes on Hardy et al’s Great British Medalists Project
5. Embedding the psychosocial biographies of Olympic medalists in a (meta-) theoretical model of dynamic networks
6. Assessing Risk Factors for Athletic Excellence
7. In Search of the Golden Skill
8. Much Ado About….? A response to Hardy et al.
9. The Stress Test: Does what doesn’t kill me, make me a Super-Elite Athlete?
10. Adversity-Related Experiences are Essential for Olympic Success: Additional Evidence and Considerations
11. Getting gritty about practice and success: Motivational characteristics of great performers
12. Great British Medalists: A commentary based on a developmental systems theory perspective
13. Eventual sport performance level: what about the role of type of sport, perception of critical life events, and practice quality?
14. Is A Peaceful Mind A Winning Mind? Comment on Hardy et al (2016)
15.  Super Elite Athletes: Some Complimentary Observations from Australia and Some Lessons for Sports Expertise Research – Comment on Hardy et al.
16. A culture of striving augments use of working memory? Implications for attention control 
17. The Tales Athletes Tell: Narrative Structure and Identity in Great British Medalists 
18. Great British medalists: Response to the commentaries