This is a reference work for sports coaches, sports psychologists and high performance athletes. The objective is to optimise sporting performance in specialised and high-level competitive athletes, Olympians and professionals in various sporting disciplines. Highly relevant topics are described: attention, concentration, motivation, level of activation, pre-competitive anxiety, mood disorders, emotional control, visualisation and imagined practice, goal setting, keys to psychologically dealing with high level sporting competition in national and international events. Psychological techniques for intervention in individual and team sports are also offered.