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Defining elite athletes: Issues in the study of expert performance in sport psychology

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Swann, Christian, Moran, Aidan, Piggott, David·2015·Psychology of Sport and Exercise

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  • Elite sport offers a very different environment to daily life or clinical contexts and places high demands on athletes' behaviour.

    “Elite sport offers a very different environment to daily life or clinical contexts and places high demands on athletes' behaviour (Birrer & Morgan, 2010; McDougall, Nesti, & Richardson, 2015; Swann, Moran, & Piggott, 2015).”

    From Integrated mindfulness-based intervention: Effects on mindfulness skills, cognitive interference and performance satisfaction of young elite badminton players. (2020) · cites this paper as Swann et al., 2015

    The discussion labelled p. 6 describes distinctive sporting norms and athletes’ psychological strategies in competitive settings; the passage labelled p. 17 says elite athletes must undertake prolonged, intensive training. These support the claim that elite sport places unusual demands on behaviour, but the paper does not explicitly compare its environment with clinical contexts or daily life. (LLM, conf=0.82)

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  1. Cullen, G. (2012). Sporting Giants celebrate fifth anniversary. Retrieved February 5, 2014, 1 performance in the laboratory: Translational research on expert performance. Journal of 2 Experimental Psychology: Applied, 13, 115-123.
  2. Baker and C. MacMahon (Eds.). Developing sport expertise: Researchers and coaches 12 put theory into practice (pp. 45-67). London: Routledge.

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Authors
Swann, C., Moran, A., & Piggott, D.
Affiliations
  • University of Lincoln (GB)
  • University College Dublin (IE)
  • Leeds Beckett University (GB)
Corresponding author
Swann, Christian
Venue
Psychology of Sport and Exercise
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2015-01
Volume
16
Pages
3-14
ISSN
1469-0292 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2079660398
Cited by
998
References
106
Citations by year
2026: 81 · 2025: 121 · 2024: 137 · 2023: 101 · 2022: 131 · 2021: 118 · 2020: 103 · 2019: 65 · 2018: 64 · 2017: 36 · 2016: 34 · 2015: 5 · 2014: 1 · 2013: 1
FWCI
59.44
Type
journal article
Language
en
Locations
  • Psychology of sport and exercise (publishedVersion)
  • Lincoln Repository (University of Lincoln) (acceptedVersion)
  • Lenus, The Irish Health Repository (Dr Steevens Hospital Library) (acceptedVersion)
  • Leeds Beckett Repository (Leeds Beckett University) (submittedVersion)
  • Research Repository UCD (University College Dublin) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • Cross Connect (Southern Cross University) (submittedVersion)
  • Research Online (University of Wollongong) (submittedVersion)
  • Arrow@dit (Dublin Institute of Technology) (submittedVersion)
  • Figshare (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • Figshare (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Sport Psychology and Performance
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation › Sports and Physical Education Research
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Orthopedics and Sports Medicine › Sports Performance and Training
Keywords
elite athletes, expert athletes, sample selection

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