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Introduction History Sport psychology studies began in the late 19th century in 1898 with the observation of cyclists and children reeling fishing line. Triplett, N. (1898) found that performance was better in the presence of others. Others now began to experiment in the field of sport psychology. It wasn't until the 1920's that someone specialized; Coleman R Griffith published 25 papers between 1921 and 1931 about sport psychology. He also published two books: Psychology of Coaching (1926) and Psychology of Athletics (1928). Many of his studies were conducted in the sport of American Football with the Chicago Cubs which included filming skills and implementing training programmes. Some of the projects failed (Green, C.) but sport psychology was now a specialized field. In 1938 Franklin Henry established the psychology of physical activity graduation programme at the University of California which inspired many physical educators to study in the field of sports psychology. This...

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