Unfortunately Kent, that's the only option that I know
of at this time. I guess no one has been able to
justify the cost of starting a behavioral Ph.D. track
in sports psychology. So, while at Western, I got the
ABA doctorate and did exactly as you said.
Unfortunately, all the traditional sports psychology
courses I attended had no students/instructors in them
with whom I could converse regarding behavioral
interpretations of what they were studying. Ah well,
I guess that means there's just a big opportunity out
there for us.

Gordon Henry

P.S. Welcome!
--- kent_smallwood <ebolav35@...> wrote:
> I just joined this group today, and just wanted to
> say hello to all
> the existing members. I'm currently doing my MA in
> beh. analy at
> Western Mich. under Dr. R. Wayne Fuqua. I also work
> for the
> Association for Behavior Analysis as the Bookstore
> Coordinator-if
> you were at the bookstore in the 2001 or 2002
> conventions, selecting
> and getting all those books there was my job.
>
> I have recently discovered, thanks to a grad-level
> BA survey course,
> my strong interest in sports psychology. Therefore,
> to say I'm just
> getting my feet wet is an understatement...;) One
> questions I had
> that I wanted some opinions on is that I am
> currently determining
> where to do my doctorate, and was a little surprised
> that the APA
> book of psych grad programs only has two listed for
> sports, neither
> on the PhD level. Assuming this is correct, should
> I just get a
> doctorate in a broad category like "social" or
> "applied" and pursue
> sports research and take sports-related electives?
>
>


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