50 years from the foundation of the International Society of Sport Psychology

Aula Magna of the Italian Olympic Committee, Rome, the 20th of April, 1965. That was the place and moment of the inception of the International Society of Sport Psychology – ISSP, by the hands of a small group of pioneers, led by the Italian psychiatrist Ferruccio Antonelli. This happened during the 1st International ISSP World Congress of Sport Psychology marking the Modern Era of our scientific field.

Attend to the Congress “A Bridge from the Past to the Future” – International Society of Sport Psychology  50th Anniversary – April 19-20, 2015, Roma, Italy

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Ferruccio Antonelli Tribute

History of science teaches that the onset of a new discipline is often attributable to the efforts of individual persons who dedicate significant parts of their lives to the realization of dreams and intuitions. This has been the case with Sport Psychology that was founded by Ferruccio Antonelli, who with his pioneering work created two fundamental points of reference for those who were already involved in this field. The first was the establishment of the International Society of Sports Psychology (ISSP), which for the first time connected sport psychologists world-wide with each other, thanks to his network of national and international contacts. The second concerns the world of publishing, specifically, the creation of the first scientific journal wholly dedicated to this new discipline, the International Journal of Sport Psychology (IJSP) that immediately spread throughout the world. In only five years, between 1965 and 1970, Antonelli achieved both his goals, thus realizing a dream envisioned only a few years earlier. In this presentation it will be described the ISSP foundation days during the First World Congress of Sports Psychology, held inRome in 1965, the beginning years of this new organization and the discussion between the scientists of the West and East Countries.