Zone of Optimal Functioning 1

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For those who may be interested in knowing more about the sport psychological

method of having athletes train in " The Zone " , here is a collection of

academic resources from my files:

Othere collections will follow this one.

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RESEARCH INTO THE ZONE OF OPTIMAL FUNCTIONING (ZOF) MODEL

REVIEWS

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The IZOF model. Level 1 Certification Course. A handbook and materials.

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(CAAP). A manual. Practical Psychology: Jyväskylä, Finland.

Hanin, Y.L. (1995). Individual Zones of Optimal Functioning (IZOF) model: An

Idiographic Approach to Performance Anxiety. In K. Henschen and W. Straub

(Eds). Sport Psychology: an Analysis of Athlete Behavior (pp 103-119).

Longmeadow, MA: Movement Publications.

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Jitendra Mohan (Ed.). Recent advances in sports psychology. (pp.53-78).

Delhi, India: Friends Publications.

Hanin, Y. L. (1997). Emotions and Athletic Performance: Individual Zones of

Optimal Functioning Model. In: R. Seiler (Ed.), European Yearbook of Sport

Psychology (Vol.1, pp. 29-72). St. Augustin, Germany: ACADEMIA Verlag Richarz

GmbH.

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Mayfield Publishing.

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International Perspective. Hemisphere Publishing Corporation, N.Y.,

pp.165-182.

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Wilkins.

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PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES & RESEARCH PAPERS

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individual zone of optimal functioning research and application. The Sport

Psychologist, 11, (1), 43-52.

Barkoukis, V., Tsorbatzoudis, H., Theodorakis, Y., & Papaioannou, A. (1997).

An examination of the individual zone of optimal functioning (IZOF) in

volleball. In: R. Lidor & M. Bar-Eli (Eds.). ISSP IX World Congress of Sport

Psychology. Innovations in Sport Psychology: Linking Theory and Practice.

Proceedings, Part I, (pp.100-102). Israel: Wingate Institute

Bortoli, L., Robazza, C., & Nougier, V. (1997). Emotion in hockey and rugby.

In: R. Lidor & M. Bar-Eli (Eds.). ISSP IX World Congress of Sport Psychology.

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Part I, (pp.136-138). Israel: Wingate Institute

Bortoli, L., Robazza, C., & Nougier, V. (1998 in review). Performance

emotions in an Elite Archer: a case study. International Journal of Sports

Medicine

Robazza, C., Bortoli, L., & Nougier, V. (1998, in review). Interpretation of

pleasant and unpleasant characteristics of motions in sport performers.

Perceptual and Motor Skills.

Bortoli, L., Robazza, C., & Nougier, V. (1998 in review). Emotion, Heart

Rate, and Performance in Archery: A case study. The Journal of Sports

Medicine and Physical Fitness

Bortoli, L., Robazza, C., & Nougier, V. (1998 in review). Psychological

monitoring of emotions in archers during the 1995 World championships. The

Sport Psychologist

Gould, D., Tuffey, S., Hardy, L., Lochbaum, M. (1993) Multidimensional

state anxiety and middle distance running performance: an exploratory

examination of Hanin´s (1980) zones of optimal functioning hypothesis.

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Hanin, Y.L.(1971) Regulace psychickych stavu sportvcu pri utkani. (Regulation

of athletes´ mental states during competition) Teoria a Praxe Tel. Vychovy,

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Hanin, Y.L. (1973) O reguljatsii psykhicheskikh sostojanij v uslovijakh

vzaimosvjazannoj gruppovoj dejatel´nosti (On the regulation of psychological

states in group interdependent activity). In: Social Psychology and Social

Planning. pp. 110-116. Lenigrad University Press: Leningrad (in Russian).

Hanin, Y.L. (1975) Sotsialno-psykhologicheskie aspekty stressa v sporte

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Hanin, Y.L. (1976) Ob emotsional´nom sostojanii lichnosti v gruppe ( An

individual’s emotional state in the group). Problems of child and

pedagogical psychology. pp. 20-22. Moscow: NIIOPP APN USSR. (in Russian)

Hanin, Y.L. (1977) O srochnoi diagnostike sostojanija cportsmena v gruppe

(On the express diagnostics of athlete´s state anxiety in the group). Teoria

I Praktika Fizkulturi, n.8, pp. 8-11. (in Russian).

Hanin, Y.L. (1978) Issledovanije trevogi v sporte (A study of anxiety in

sport). Voprosy Psykhologuii, n. 6, pp. 94-106. (in Russian, English

summary).

Hanin, Y. (1983) STAI in sport: Problems and prospectives. In: E. Apitzsch

(ed.) Anxiety in Sport. (pp. 129-141) Magglingen, Switzerland: FEPSAC.

Hanin, Y.L. (1989). Kross-kulturnyje perspektivy diagnostiki individual´nykh

razlichij: metodologicheskije i kontseptual´nyje problemy (Cross-cultural

perspectives in the diagnostics of individual differences: methodologocal and

conceptual aspects). Voprosy Psykhologuii, n. 4, pp. 118-125. (in Russian).

Hanin, Y. L. (1991). Mezhlichnostanaja i vnutrigruppovaja trevoga v

uslovijakh znachimoi sovmestnoj dejatel´nosti (Interpersonal and intragroup

anxiety in important joint activity). Voprosy Psykhologuii, n.5, pp.56-64.

(in Russian, English Summary).

Hanin, Y.L.(1992) Social Psychology and Sport: Communication Processes in top

Performance Teams. Sport Science Review, 1, (2), 13 - 28.

Hanin, Y.L. (1993) Mental Preparation of soccer players for International

Matches. 4th Course for National Coaches. Collection of papers (pp.1-12)

UEFA: Helsinki, Finland.

Hanin, Y.L. (1993) Optimal Performance Emotions in Top Athletes. In: S.

Serpa, J. Alves, V. Ferreira, A. a-Brito (eds) Sport Psychology: An

integrated Approach Proceedings of the VIII World Congress of Sport

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185 - 190.

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computerized program using the IZOF methodology. Top Performance. Proceedings

of the 1st National Congress of elite Finnish coaches (KHV), April 8-10,

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Hanin, J.(1994) Pelaajan Optimaalinen Työvire (Players´ Optimal Working

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Dr Mel C Siff

Denver, USA

Supertraining/