The Founders of Sport Psychology?
As noted above, academic sport psychology appears to have been greatly influenced by the publications of Griffith in 1926 and 1928. John Lawther, Franklin Henry, and Arthur Slater-Hammel pioneered research laboratories and developed graduate-level courses. Rainer Martens publications also advanced the field; some historians believe that he deserves the title, Father of modern sport psychology. Many resources distinguish Dr. Bruce Ogilvie as the father of clinical sport psychology. Bruce Ogilvie and Thomas Turko developed the famous Athletic Motivation Inventory (AMI). At first, their research work did not find acceptance in the scientific community. Other researchers of significance are Dan Landers, Albert Carron, P. Chelladurai, Ronald Smith, frank Smoll, and Bill Morgan. Professor Dorothy V. Harris was a sport psychology pioneer and leader throughout the world particularly because of her research focusing on women in sport. At Penn State, she developed one of the first graduate progr
