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The Sport and Exercise Psychology Practitioner’s Contribution to Service Delivery Outcomes
Tod, David Slade, Kate Lafferty, Moira
Tod, David
Slade, Kate
Lafferty, Moira
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2024-05-13
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The purpose of this article is to review research related to the practitioner’s contribution to effective service delivery. Specifically, we answer five questions. First, what are sport and exercise psychology practitioners striving to achieve? Second, what is expertise in applied sport and exercise psychology? Third, what are characteristics of effective practitioners? Fourth, how can practitioners develop their expertise over time? Fifth, how do practitioners manage the athlete variables and contextual factors that influence service delivery? Offering answers to these questions allows us to identify practical implications to inform practitioner training and development and to suggest avenues to expand knowledge. Results from the review suggest that practitioners who help athletes effectively possess facilitative interpersonal skills, experience professional self-doubt, engage in judicious decision making, exercise organizational savviness, demonstrate multicultural humility, and willingly engage in skill development. Based on current knowledge, future research directions include examining the magnitude of practitioner attributes on service delivery outcomes. Applied implications for professional development include the use of deliberate practice to enhance skill learning, along with using supervision and feedback.
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Tod, D., Slade, K., & Lafferty, M. (2025). The sport and exercise psychology practitioner’s contribution to service delivery outcomes. International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 23(5), 791-808. https://doi.org/10.1080/1612197X.2024.2351444
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Taylor & Francis
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International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology
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This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology on 13/05/2024, available online: https://doi.org/10.1080/1612197X.2024.2351444
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