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The emotional highs and lows of competitive sport, whether experienced as a competitor, spectator or coach may be the essential ingredient that gives sport its universal and compelling appeal. Emotion is clearly a pervasive force within competitive sport, and this is reflected in the burgeoning interest over recent decades in athletes’ emotions and strategies for coping with these emotions. The interplay between emotion and coping is a critical factor in determining, through its influence on key psychological functions, an athlete’s potential success in competitive sport. This fully revised and updated edition of the classic text on coping and emotion in sport goes further than any other book in examining the central role that these two factors play in sports performance. The book explores theory and measurement, current research, and contemporary issues and special populations respectively. Each chapter closely integrates cutting-edge research themes with discussion of practical and applied issues, with case studies and reflections from practitioners working in elite sport woven throughout the book. With contributions from leading international scholars and consultant psychologists, this book is vital reading for all students and professionals working in sport psychology. Chapter 1. Coping Processes in Sport (Hugh Richards, Edinburgh University, UK) Chapter 2. Emotion in Sport: Antecedents and Performance Consequences (Marc V. Jones, Staffordshire University, UK and Mark A. Uphill, Canterbury Christ Church University, UK) Chapter 3. Coping with Trauma in Sport (Dr. Melissa Day, University of Chichester, UK) Chapter 4. Measurement issues in emotion and emotion regulation (Professor Andrew Lane, Dr Chris Beedie, Dr Tracey Devonport, University of Wolverhampton, UK) Chapter 5. Coping in Sport through Social Support (Professor Andrew Lane, Dr Chris Beedie, Dr Tracey Devonport, University of Wolverhampton, UK) Chapter 6. Social Influence on Emotion in Sport (Dr. Megan Babkes Stellino and Dr. Kristina L. Moore, University of Northern Colorado, USA; Dr. Julie A. Partridge, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, USA) Chapter 7. Key Movements in Directional Research in Competitive Anxiety (Christopher R. D. Wagstaff, University of Portsmouth, UK; Rich Neil, University of Wales Institute, UK; Stephen D. Mellalieu, Swansea University, UK and Sheldon Hanton, University of Wales Institute, UK) Chapter 8. Enhancing Positive Emotion in Sport (Dr. Paul McCarthy, Caledonian University, UK) Chapter 9. Coping and Emotion in Disability Sport (Dr. Jeffrey Martin, Wayne State University, USA) Chapter 10. The Consequences and Control of Emotions in Elite Athletes (Dr. Mark A. Uphill, Canterbury Christ Church University, UK and Dr. Marc V. Jones, Staffordshire University, UK) Chapter 11. The Emotional Response to Athletic Injury: Re-Injury Anxiety (Dr. Natalie Walker, University of Northampton, UK and Dr. Joanne Thatcher, Aberystwyth University, UK) Chapter 12. Losing to Win: A Clinical Perspective on the Experience of Loss among Elite Athletes (Dr. Corinne Reid, Murdoch University, UK) Chapter 13. Elite Athletes’ Experiences of Coping with Stress (Professor Remco Polman, PhD, Victoria University, Australia) Chapter 14. Working as a Sport Psychologist at two Olympic Games: A Humanistic Approach (Peter Clarke, Chartered Psychologist) Chapter 15. Learning to cope in extreme environments: Solo endurance ocean sailing (Dr. Neil Weston, University of Portsmouth, UK) Chapter 16. Coping and Emotion in Sport: Future Directions Joanne Thatcher is a Senior Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Psychology at Aberystwyth University. She has published over thirty academic papers and books. She is a Chartered Psychologist (BPS), a registered Sport and Exercise Psychologist (HPC) and past Chair of the BPS Division of Sport & Exercise Psychology. Marc Jones is a Reader in Sport and Exercise Psychology at Staffordshire University and has published over forty academic papers mostly in the area of stress and emotion. He is a Chartered Psychologist (BPS) and a registered Sport and Exercise Psychologist (HPC). David Lavallee is Professor and Head of the School of Sport at the University of Stirling. He is an editorial board member of several journals, including International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology , Psychology of Sport & Exercise , Sport & Exercise Psychology Review and Qualitative Research in Sport & Exercise .

The present paper outlines the initial development of an instrument to measure re-injury anxiety. Face, content and factorial validity were examined over three stages of exploratory factor analyses. 248 injured sport participants completed the scale. A 28-item measure was produced to measure re-injury anxiety, comprising of two factors: re-injury anxieties regarding rehabilitation (RIA-R: 15 items) and re-injury anxieties regarding returning to training/competition (RIA-RE: 13 items). These two factors accounted for 80.56% of the total variance. The internal consistency for both factors was above the .70 criterion value; rehabilitation re-injury anxiety (alpha = .98); re-entry into competition re-injury anxiety (alpha = .96). Future research needs to test the proposed 2-factor model presented in the current research using confirmatory factor analysis.

The emotional highs and lows of competitive sport, whether experienced as a competitor, spectator or coach may be the essential ingredient that gives sport its universal and compelling appeal. Emotion is clearly a pervasive force within competitive sport, and this is reflected in the burgeoning interest over recent decades in athletes' emotions and strategies for coping with these emotions. The interplay between emotion and coping is a critical factor in determining, through its influence on key psychological functions, an athlete's potential success in competitive sport. This fully revised and updated edition of the classic text on coping and emotion in sport goes further than any other book in examining the central role that these two factors play in sports performance. The book explores theory and measurement, current research, and contemporary issues and special populations respectively. Each chapter closely integrates cutting-edge research themes with discussion of practical and applied issues, with case studies and reflections from practitioners working in elite sport woven throughout the book. With contributions from leading international scholars and consultant psychologists, this book is vital reading for all students and professionals working in sport psychology.

Tod, DA, Thatcher, R, McGuigan, M, and Thatcher, J. Effects of instructional and motivational self-talk on the vertical jump. J Strength Cond Res 23(1)196-202, 2009-The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of instructional and motivational self-talk on performance and the kinematics of the vertical jump. After completing a 10-minute warm-up on a stationary bike, 12 men (mean ± SD; 20.8 ± 3.0 years, 77.8 ± 13.5 kg, 1.78 ± 0.07 m) and 12 women (22.1 ± 5.8 years, 62.6 ± 6.7 kg, 1.65 ± 0.05 m) performed 4 vertical jumps, 3 minutes apart, on a force plate set at a 1000-Hz sampling frequency. Before each trial, participants engaged in 1 of 4 counterbalanced interventions, verbalized out loud, which included motivational self-talk, instructional self-talk, neutral self-talk, or no instruction. One-way analysis of variance with repeated measures, followed by paired t-tests with a Bonferroni adjustment, were used to analyze data. Both instructional (0.415 m) and motivational (0.414 m) self-talk led to greater center-of-mass displacement than neutral self-talk (0.403 m, p = 0.001 and 0.003, respectively, alpha set at 0.008). Both instructional (263.9 N·s) and motivational self-talk (261.2 N·s) led to greater impulse than neutral self-talk (254.1 N·s, p = 0.005 and 0.004, respectively, alpha set at 0.025). Both instructional self-talk (582.6°·s) and motivational self-talk (592.3°·s) led to quicker angular rotation about the knee than neutral self-talk (565.8°·s, p = 0.001 and 0.018, respectively, alpha set at 0.025). These results may indicate that self-talk leads to greater angular velocity about the knee, thus generating greater impulse and increased jump height-a conjecture that needs empirical testing. Self-talk may contribute to improved performance in sports requiring power-based skills.

Research has attempted to examine the psychological impact of athletic injury to assist rehabilitation personnel when treating injured athletes. Sports trainers, sports therapists, physiotherapists, medical staff and sports psychologists should be aware of psychological factors impacting on the injury experience when involved in an athlete's rehabilitation. A number of models have been proposed as useful frameworks for investigating and describing the psychological response to athletic injury. Many researchers have relied upon applying or adapting grief and cognitive appraisal models originally derived from the clinical and stress related psychology literature in an attempt to describe the psychological response to athletic injury. This article provides an overview of these models and offers a critical appraisal of this research, specifically focusing on the grief response models and the integrated model of response to sport injury and rehabilitation. Criticisms focus on the lack of research supporting a uniformed sequence of stages as a feature of response to athletic injury. Further grief criticisms centre on the absence of denial in much of the research to date. The article then focuses on the dynamic core of the integrated response to sport injury and rehabilitation model. It is argued that the interrelationships between emotional responses, behavioural responses, cognitive appraisals and recovery outcomes are not as simple as suggested in the model.

In a sporting context, this study examined metamotivational reversals between the telic and paratelic states and the factors affecting them. Twenty male rugby players took part. After competitive matches they completed the State of Mind Indicator For Athletes (SOMIFA: Kerr & Apter, 1999) and attended interviews incorporating the Telic State Measure (TSM: Svebak & Murgatroyd, 1985) and a modified Metamotivational State Interview and Coding Schedule (Potocky, Cook, & O'Connell, 1993). Data were deductively analyzed using existing reversal theory definitions of the telic (a serious-minded and future orientation) and paratelic (a spontaneous, playful orientation) states and the factors proposed to induce reversals between these states. Reversals in state were observed and these were caused mainly by contingent events (factors external to the individual). None was attributed to satiation (a change in state caused by experiencing only one state for an extended time period) and a limited number were attributed to frustration, which also combined with contingent events to induce some reversals. Although further evidence is presented for metamotivational state reversals during sport, future longitudinal studies are needed that address all reversal theory states.

Research has attempted to examine the psychological impact of athletic injury to assist rehabilitation personnel when treating injured athletes. Sports trainers, sports therapists, physiotherapists, medical staff and sports psychologists should be aware of psychological factors impacting on the injury experience when involved in an athlete's rehabilitation. A number of models have been proposed as useful frameworks for investigating and describing the psychological response to athletic injury. Many researchers have relied upon applying or adapting grief and cognitive appraisal models originally derived from the clinical and stress related psychology literature in an attempt to describe the psychological response to athletic injury. This article provides an overview of these models and offers a critical appraisal of this research, specifically focusing on the grief response models and the integrated model of response to sport injury and rehabilitation. Criticisms focus on the lack of research supporting a uniformed sequence of stages as a feature of response to athletic injury. Further grief criticisms centre on the absence of denial in much of the research to date. The article then focuses on the dynamic core of the integrated response to sport injury and rehabilitation model. It is argued that the interrelationships between emotional responses, behavioural responses, cognitive appraisals and recovery outcomes are not as simple as suggested in the model.

Being injured is like being in someone else's body. It is the worst thing you have to cope with as a player, and of course there is then the worry of doing it again and going through it all over again.

I have a big picture outlook ... I am willing to fall, and I understand that it's OK to fall, but I am going to get back up. I may take a step back, but in the end I am going to take a giant leap forward.