Sport and the Brain: The Science of Preparing, Enduring and Winning, Part A

1. Great British medalists: Psychosocial biographies of Super-Elite and Elite athletes from Olympic sports<br>2.  On elite and super-elite Great British athletes: Some theoretical implications from Hardy et al.’s (2016) findings<br>3. The psychosocial development of world class athletes: Additional considerations for understanding the whole person and salience of adversity<br>4. The journey of a thousand miles…  Notes on Hardy et al’s Great British Medalists Project<br>5. Embedding the psychosocial biographies of Olympic medalists in a (meta-) theoretical model of dynamic networks<br>6. Assessing Risk Factors for Athletic Excellence<br>7. In Search of the Golden Skill<br>8. Much Ado About….? A response to Hardy et al.<br>9. The Stress Test: Does what doesn’t kill me, make me a Super-Elite Athlete?<br>10. Adversity-Related Experiences are Essential for Olympic Success: Additional Evidence and Considerations<br>11. Getting gritty about practice and success: Motivational characteristics of great performers<br>12. Great British Medalists: A commentary based on a developmental systems theory perspective<br>13. Eventual sport performance level: what about the role of type of sport, perception of critical life events, and practice quality?<br>14. Is A Peaceful Mind A Winning Mind? Comment on Hardy et al (2016)<br>15.  Super Elite Athletes: Some Complimentary Observations from Australia and Some Lessons for Sports Expertise Research – Comment on Hardy et al.<br>16. A culture of striving augments use of working memory? Implications for attention control <br>17. The Tales Athletes Tell: Narrative Structure and Identity in Great British Medalists <br>18. Great British medalists: Response to the commentaries<br>