Education
University of Utah--------Ph.D. Sport Psychology / Psychosocial Aspects of Sport
University of Iowa--------MA Sport Psychology
University of Nebraska---BA Psychology
Current Research
Dr. Shelley is a qualitative researcher and focuses most of his research
on developing strategies to improve individual and team performances.
Dr. Shelley is also in the process of interviewing professional team
sport athletes to better understand the dynamics of championship teams.
Professor Shelley is interested in the perceptions (i.e., comparisons)
of both Christian and non-Christian athletes and coaches.
Classes
Dr. Shelley teaches five of the graduate courses in the Department of Exercise
and Sport Sciences. "Psychological
Perspectives of Sport" is primarily a lecture class to build a strong theory
base to sport psychology. Topics include motivation, anxiety and arousal, attention
and concentration, imagery and visualization, group dynamics and cohesion,
career termination, and injury rehabilitation, among others."Psychological
Applications to Sport Performance" allows a more practical, "hands-on" approach
to learning. Students work with peers to create their own mental training program
that incorporates all the topics of the previous class."Counseling Student-Athletes" involves
student role playing to learn aspects of sport counseling and to develop performance
enhancement brief counseling skills. Dr. Shelley is interested in making classes very applied and useful in terms
of teaching the student practical sport psychology consulting skills. He also
teaches the "Effective Team Building" and "Motivation for Superior Performance" courses
in the summer.
Webpage
http://departments.ithaca.edu/ess/facstaff/gshelley/
Contact Information
Office: Center for Health Sciences
Phone: (607) 274-1275
Email: gshelley@ithaca.edu
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