Conclusion
Performance psychology involves assessment and intervention strategies that enhance an individual's performance and personal growth. It represents the various environments where mental skills enhancement can be useful. Many techniques used with elite athletes has had comparable success with elite performers in other areas, such as musicians, dancers, managers and leaders. In some respect, Performance Psychologists are the chameleons of the practitioner world, having to adapt to very different performance domains and address a wide array of factors that infringe upon the performance in any given individual or group. The corporate world models their business approach to performance based on sports performance analogies. It seems likely that as the performance psychology field grows and develops further, along with client expectations, a greater level of domain-specific knowledge and directly relevant experience will be required.
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