Introduction
There has been a great interest over the last thirty years in applied sport psychology to understand
what will best help athletes mentally optimize sport performance. One approach emphasizes
mindfulness training for athletes (Kabat-Zinn et al., 1985). A mindfulness emphasis includes
accepting psycho-emotional experience. This differs from the traditional implementation of
Psychological Skills Training (PST) in sport psychology, with the main skills including goal
setting, arousal regulation, visualization and self-talk. Such cognitive behavioral interventions are