SPORT PSYCHOLOGY - THE GRIFFITH ERA, 1920-1940

This review examines the development of sport psychology in the years 1920 to 1940, with particular emphasis on Coleman Griffith. Griffith w as the most active person in the field in this era and was the first N orth American to devote a significant portion of his or her career to research, teaching, acid service in sport psychology. The approach Gri ffith took in conceptualizing and studying sport psychology will also be emphasized. In essence, the most lasting legacy of Griffith is the research to practice orientation he epitomized that provides an excell ent model for contemporary sport psychologists to emulate.