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approximately 76 minutes
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Observe the engaging, interactive style that has made Daniel Gould, Ph.D. a leading authority on mental skills training. In this video, which is designed for professionals and students alike, Dr. Gould conducts a sport psychology workshop with athletes, provides tips for teaching mental skills, and demonstrates how to incorporate mental training into sport practices.
Viewers can glean insight into how Dr. Gould teaches such cognitive-behavioral strategies as performance profiling, prioritizing, countering, using body language, and centering. |
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Dr. Gould is the Director of the Institute for the Study of Youth Sport and Professor of Kinesiology at Michigan State University. He is co-chair of the United States Olympic Committee Science and Technology Committee. |
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For the past 20 years, Dr. Gould has conducted research and consulted with athletes, coaches, and teams at the Olympic, professional, collegiate, and youth sport levels. |
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He has made over 500 sport psychology coaching clinic presentations and written over 150 research and practice articles in sport psychology. |
Daniel Gould, Ph.D. |
Feedback on Teaching Mental Skills for Sport
"Watching this tape is the next closest thing to being there. Dr. Dan Gould conducts a mental skills training group for a small group of college athletes and you become a member of this group. Dan, as many of us have come to know, is warm, engaging, sincere, active, humorous, knowledge[able], and practical. All of these qualities come across in this video presentation as the viewer becomes actively engaged in the educational process. It is clear that we are viewing the 'real thing.' This is a live training session with real people, not one that has been carefully scripted or acted out for the camera.
Technically, this is an unpretentious, 'bare bones' videotape production, without musical soundtrack, special effects, artistic editing, or slick graphics. The sound, for the most part, is adequate, but there are a few occasions when it is difficult to hear the participants. Nevertheless, these limitations are relatively minor compared to the valuable opportunity that the video affords in enabling us to experience one of the top people in our field in action. The modest production expense makes the video available at an affordable price. Overall, this is an excellent product that will be useful to students who are attempting to translate their book knowledge into practical teaching techniques, as well as to seasoned sport psychology consultants who are looking for new techniques to add to their repertoire."
Jack J. Lesyk, Ph.D., Exercise & Sport Psychology Newsletter, Spring 2002
"In the realm of educational sport psychology videos, there are few that provide valuable insights for both students and professionals. Virtual Brands has produced such a video featuring Dan Gould, sport psychology consultant and co-chair of the United States Olympic Committee Science and Technology Committee. Teaching Mental Skills for Sport, a 76-minute video, is the second in a series of videos focusing on the practice of sport psychology. Dr. Gould conducts a mental skills training workshop with five collegiate athletes while providing insights and rationale both before and after the workshop.
Teaching Mental Skills for Sport is a useful, worthwhile, and enjoyable tool for sport psychology consultants, coaches, and students who want a clear insight into the ‘nuts and bolts’ of team mental skill building workshops as demonstrated by an expert presenter."
Paul Salitsky, Ph.D., The Sport Psychologist, September 2002
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