The Importance Of Sports Psychology, A Reflection Of Life

“Coach John Wooden was always the same and he didn’t alter his behavior based on who he was with or what he was doing” (Williams, 2006, p. 11). That one statement in a book about “how to be like” Wooden resonates deep within my soul. No matter what he was doing or who he was with, Wooden lived out his principles and values. On the court, in a business, or when at home, positive psychology lives, enhances, and optimizes performance in all aspects of life. No doubt, sports are a reflection of life (e.g, winning, losing, living, dying, setbacks, struggles overcoming challenges and obstacles, to name a few). Any positive psychology or sport psychology intervention has implications outside of sport. Either way you slice it, you are going to

I want to focus on what matters and not be distracted by “chasing the wind” as presented by King Solomon. Balance exist when focused faithfully, purposely, and intentionally, and this balance looks different for everyone depending on the season of their lives (Green, 2017).
The sailboat analogy fits well with this discussion. Traditional psychology can fix the leak in the boat and positive psychology helps to hoist the sails to move on to a level above normal functioning (Biswas-Diener, 2010).
What is the difference between goals and expectations? Discuss the differences between any emotional attachments athletes place upon themselves when dealing with outside expectations from parents media, or coaches as opposed to setting up a goal mapping system.
Goals:
Goals provide purpose, direction, and a standard for measuring progress (Burton & Raedeke, 2008). Goals bring the future into the present so that you, the athlete, can take intentional action now (Mack & Casstevens, 2001). Goals are vital to a fully functioning athlete and without them athletes tend to flounder and aimlessly wander (Biswas-Diener,

What made this happen and where do you see it going?
Proactive voices through degree programs, textbooks, research, journal articles, for example, have grown since the resurgence of positive psychology. On the coattails, sport psychology has also grown, which has feed the positive psychology movement with sound evidenced based research.
No doubt, positive psychology embraces the growth mindset as presented by Dweck in her books, articles, YouTube videos, and her website. Although sport psychology is a branch of positive psychology, I find it odd that the Journal of Positive Psychology is not available through the Association of Applied Sport Psychology or any of the UWS’s databases. I have used the library databases every often, yet these databases will not give me access to this particular journal even through the interlibrary loan system. I have found a variety of great articles through Google searches (i.e., regular Google searching versus Google scholar), but I cannot gain access to the Journal of Positive