Daniel Gould, Michigan State University
Department of Kinesiology
Professor
East Lansing, Michigan
drgould@msu.edu
Office:
(517) 432-0175
Expert In
Athlete motivation
Athletic stress
Coaches teaching life skills to young athletes
Parental influences in youth sports
Psychology of coaching
Sports performance-enhancement for Olympics
Sports psychology
Stress and burnout in young athletes
Bio/Research
Actively involved in research, Dan has studied the stress-athletic performance relationship,
sources of athletic stress, stress and burnout in young athletes, athlete motivation, the psychology
of coaching, talent development, parental influences in youth sports, and performan...
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Bio/Research
Actively involved in research, Dan has studied the stress-athletic performance relationship,
sources of athletic stress, stress and burnout in young athletes, athlete motivation, the psychology
of coaching, talent development, parental influences in youth sports, and performance
enhancement. Dan’s current research focuses on the role parents play in junior tennis, how coaches
teach life skills to young athletes, and an assessment of the most pressing issues involved in high
school sports. He has over 100 scholarly publications and over 50 applied sport psychology
research dissemination-service publications. He has been invited to speak on sport psychology
topics in over 20 countries. Two research-based children's sports texts have been co-edited by Dan
and he served as one of the founding coeditors of The Sport Psychologist. Finally, he has made
over 150 regional, national and international scholarly presentations.
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