This research qualitatively documents youth sport coaches perspectives of sport psychology and sport psychology consultants spcs in the united kingdom youth coaches are a unique population yet to be examined despite their significance to the development of athletes semi structured interviews were conducted with eight coaches who held a minimum of ten years experience with youth . What is sports psychology sports psychology is the study of how psychological factors influence sports athletic performance exercise and physical activity sports psychologists investigate how participating in sports can improve health and well being they also help athletes utilize psychology to improve their sports performance and mental well being. The expert practitioners in the practice of sport psychology address a variety of issues and concerns and come from different backgrounds institutes and programs each practitioner perceives his or her work from a different perspective clinical health oriented community oriented feminist social practical and each has developed unique methods of practice. Request pdf the practice of sport psychology sport like other phenomena we find in social life is subject to the inequalities of race gender economics and politics each of the chapters