Dr Stewart Cotterill is a consultant sport and performance psychologist, and a leadership and performance researcher at the University of Winchester, UK. He is a Registered Sport and Exercise Psychologist (HCPC), Chartered Psychologist, and BASES accredited Sport and Exercise Scientist. Stewart has extensive applied experience in a wide range of sports at a national and international level. His current research interests include the psychology of performance, leadership in sport, factors determining team performance, and professional practice in sport and exercise psychology. He is also author of Team Psychology in Sports: Theory and Practice (2013).

• Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Human performance Chapter 3: Cognition, perception, and action Chapter 4: Understanding pressure Chapter 5: Decision-making under pressure Chapter 6: The role of emotion in performance Chapter 7: Resilience Chapter 8: Ageing and experience Chapter 9: Confidence Chapter 10: Psychophysiology Chapter 11: Developing motor skills Chapter 12: Psychological strategies to enhance performance under pressure Chapter 13: Practicing for performance Chapter 14: Future developments in research and practice

Dr Stewart Cotterill is a consultant sport and performance psychologist, and a leadership and performance researcher at the University of Winchester, UK. He is a Registered Sport and Exercise Psychologist (HCPC), Chartered Psychologist, and BASES accredited Sport and Exercise Scientist. Stewart has extensive applied experience in a wide range of sports at a national and international level. His current research interests include the psychology of performance, leadership in sport, factors determining team performance, and professional practice in sport and exercise psychology. He is also author of Team Psychology in Sports: Theory and Practice (2013).

• Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Human performance Chapter 3: Cognition, perception, and action Chapter 4: Understanding pressure Chapter 5: Decision-making under pressure Chapter 6: The role of emotion in performance Chapter 7: Resilience Chapter 8: Ageing and experience Chapter 9: Confidence Chapter 10: Psychophysiology Chapter 11: Developing motor skills Chapter 12: Psychological strategies to enhance performance under pressure Chapter 13: Practicing for performance Chapter 14: Future developments in research and practice

Dr Stewart Cotterill is a consultant sport and performance psychologist, and a leadership and performance researcher at the University of Winchester, UK. He is a Registered Sport and Exercise Psychologist (HCPC), Chartered Psychologist, and BASES accredited Sport and Exercise Scientist. Stewart has extensive applied experience in a wide range of sports at a national and international level. His current research interests include the psychology of performance, leadership in sport, factors determining team performance, and professional practice in sport and exercise psychology. He is also author of Team Psychology in Sports: Theory and Practice (2013).

• Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Human performance Chapter 3: Cognition, perception, and action Chapter 4: Understanding pressure Chapter 5: Decision-making under pressure Chapter 6: The role of emotion in performance Chapter 7: Resilience Chapter 8: Ageing and experience Chapter 9: Confidence Chapter 10: Psychophysiology Chapter 11: Developing motor skills Chapter 12: Psychological strategies to enhance performance under pressure Chapter 13: Practicing for performance Chapter 14: Future developments in research and practice