Key Concepts in Sport Psychology

About Aidan MoranCathy CraigGraham WalkerJohn Kremer

John Kremer is a former Reader in Psychology at Queens University Belfast where he lectured from 1980. He combines his academic interest in sport and exercise psychology with practical work with numerous sports including several national and international teams and individual athletes. His list of book publications include Pure Sport: Sport Psychology in Action (2019) Sport Psychology: Contemporary Themes (2012) Psychology in Sport (1994) and Young Peoples Involvement in Sport (1997). Aidan Moran was Professor of Cognitive Psychology and Director of the Psychology Research Laboratory in University College Dublin. A Fulbright Scholar and former Editor-in-Chief of the International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology he has published extensively on mental imagery and attentional processes in athletes. A former psychologist to the Irish Olympic squad Aidan advised many of Irelands leading athletes and teams and is rightly credited as the founding father of sport psychology in Ireland. Graham Walker is Professor of Political History at Queens University Belfast.  Cathy Craig is a Professor in Perception and Action Psychology at the School of Psychology Ulster University and CEO/Co-Founder of INCISIV a neuro-technology company based in Belfast Northern Ireland. She publishes extensively on motor timing perception/action and decision making in sport. Much of her work involves working closely with elite sporting organisations to develop innovative solutions using technologies such as immersive interactive virtual reality to better understand how perception influences decisions about action.