Towards a Positive Sport Psychology: A Prospective Investigation in Physical Practice

Sport and excercise psychology is definded as the study of psychological influences on performance and participation in sports, exercise and other forms of athletic activity. It is divided into three sections: (i) sport psychology; (ii) exercise psychology and (iii) human performance. The positive psychology is a new scientific area in psychology, emphasizes the study of human strengths, positive emotions and well-being. Applied positive psychology is the application of positive psychology research to the facilitation of optimal functioning (Linley and Joseph [1]). It focuses on factors that enable people to feel good and flourish using their natural strengths to bring out the best in themselves.So that, in the last decade, more and more of studies combine positive and sport psychology for physically active people. In this paper, firstly, we present some recent publications confirming this combination. Secondly, we present findings for only two positive psychology topics applied in sport and physical activity field. They would be: 1) the optimistic explanatory style and 2) the subjective well-being. We conclude that it is time to birth a new practical branch of positive psychology applied in exercise and sport field. In first step, findings of this new science must be now concluded and taught for players, coaches and fans. It would be also taught for physical education students, teachers and professionnels