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 physiology - Focuses on sports and the brain - Contains expertise and an international focus of contributors - Adopts 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 sports2.  On elite and super-elite Great British athletes: Some theoretical implications from Hardy et al.'s (2016) findings3. The psychosocial development of world class athletes: Additional considerations for understanding the whole person and salience of adversity4. The journey of a thousand miles...  Notes on Hardy et al's Great British Medalists Project5. Embedding the psychosocial biographies of Olympic medalists in a (meta-) theoretical model of dynamic networks6. Assessing Risk Factors for Athletic Excellence7. In Search of the Golden Skill8. 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 Considerations11. Getting gritty about practice and success: Motivational characteristics of great performers12. Great British Medalists: A commentary based on a developmental systems theory perspective13. 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