Three exciting new books will hit the shelves in 2012. Aidan Moran has revised and expanded by almost one-third his core text: Sport and Exercise Psychology: A Critical Introduction by Routledge. According to Bob Singer "Aidan Moran succeeds admirably in the integration of scientific substance with real-sport examples and reference to many famous athletes and coaches. This is not merely another textbook in sport and exercise psychology. Aidan Moran has produced a book with attention to substance, communication style, organization and structure, and reader interest. Who says that academic reading cannot be enlightening as well as enjoyable?" A sample chapter on imagery is available here.

 Another Text that will be released shortly is the updated Skill Acquisition in Sport: Research, Theory & Practice edited by Nicky Hodge and Mark Williams. It has a more applied context than the previous edition and now includes chapters on Perceptual expertise: what can be trained?, Mental imagery, action observation and skill learning and Working in the field: A Southern hemisphere perspective. 

We can also look forward to  Oxford University Press supporting the field with their new text, the Oxford Handbook of Sport and Performance Psychology edited by former USOC sport psychology chief, Dr. Shane Murphy. The chapters collected here also cover the history of sport and performance psychology; the scope and nature of the field; ethical issues in sport and performance psychology; performance psychology in the performing arts and other non-sporting fields; perfectionism and performance; the role of the performance coach and of the sport psychologist with a coach and team; supervision; and a look ahead to the future of the field. 

 In the next few months, as London gets ready to host this great sporting event, the British Psychological Society's Division of Sport and Exercise Psychology (DSEP) aims to show the part psychology plays in making the Olympics and Paralympics the greatest psychological shows on earth. Professor David Lavallee, co-ordinator of this project said: “We aim to build an information resource for those interested in sport, and psychology, to explain some of the ways psychology informs sport and exercise performance and how it helps. Today (18 April) marks the 100-day countdown to the London Olympic Games.   

Features will be time phased across the qualification events, the torch relay, Opening ceremony and both the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Contributors have been drawn from across the islands and bothvideo and text formats will feature. One other feature of the website is a link to a virtual issue on Sport Psychology in which eight key articles published across BPS journals are featured here. Keep an eye on the site as it evolves. See here