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Kate F. Hays Ph.D.

About

Kate F. Hays, Ph.D. (1943 – 2021) was the author of numerous books including Performance Psychology in Action; You're On! Consulting for Peak Performance; Move Your Body, Tone Your Mood; Working It Out: Using Exercise in Psychotherapy; and Integrating Exercise, Sports, Movement and Mind: Therapeutic Unity. She served as president of the American Psychological Association's Society for Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology. Her research, writing, international teaching, and practice were directed toward the application of sport psychology techniques to athletes and other performance populations.

Books by Kate F. Hays Ph.D.
Recent Posts
Lemon slicing
Creating a Lemonade Edge
Three sports and performance psychology colleagues share how they've created "lemonade" out of the various lemons we've all been coping with.
The Edge of Chaos
Through the eyes of an aspiring dancer, we can appreciate the impact of the two major upheavals we are all experiencing, COVID-19 and endemic racism.
The Edges of COVID-19

As our common humanity reckons with major change, our thoughts, feelings, and behavior are both predictable and not.

As our common humanity reckons with major change, our thoughts, feelings, and behavior are both predictable and not.

Just Look More Deeply... With Some COVID-19 Applications

Sport psychology techniques can be oversimplified or misinterpreted. Here's what to pay attention to, along with some applications to life in the midst of rapid change.

Sport psychology techniques can be oversimplified or misinterpreted. Here's what to pay attention to, along with some applications to life in the midst of rapid change.

The Edge of Time

Where and how we focus on time—whether past, present, or future—affects our performance. And more broadly, our life span, happiness, and productivity.

Where and how we focus on time—whether past, present, or future—affects our performance. And more broadly, our life span, happiness, and productivity.

On Becoming a Performance Consultant

Becoming and being a performance consultant involves both academic/research knowledge, skills, and abilities as well as learning-by-doing, all within an ethical framework.

Becoming and being a performance consultant involves both academic/research knowledge, skills, and abilities as well as learning-by-doing, all within an ethical framework.

Yip...e...e...e

Yips, focal dystonia, stage fright. Same stuff/different performance areas? I've recently enjoyed a few (readable!) books in this area.

Yips, focal dystonia, stage fright. Same stuff/different performance areas? I've recently enjoyed a few (readable!) books in this area.

Soakers and Hard-shells

Interesting terminology highlights the different roles that team members contribute to the whole.

Interesting terminology highlights the different roles that team members contribute to the whole.