Hartmut Gabler

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Hartmut Gabler (born February 27, 1940 in Stuttgart ) is a German sports psychologist , sports scientist and university professor.

Life

Gabler first studied at the University of Tübingen and then completed his sports studies in 1963 at the German Sport University in Cologne . From 1963 to 1968 he completed a second degree in psychology at the Universities of Tübingen and Cologne , and in 1971 he obtained a doctorate in psychology in Tübingen . From 1972 Gabler worked at the Tübingen Institute for Sports Science as managing director. In 1976 he completed his habilitation in Tübingen (this was awarded the Carl Diem plaque of the German Sports Association) and in 1977 took up a professorship with a focus on sports psychology at the Institute for Sports Science at the University of Tübingen. Gabler was Dean of the Tübingen Faculty of Social and Behavioral Science for two two-year terms, and from 1997 to 1999 he was Vice-Rector of the University of Tübingen. In 2005 he retired.

Together with Jürgen Nitsch and Roland Singer , he brought out the book “Introduction to Sport Psychology”, the work is classified as a “standard textbook in German-speaking sport psychology”.

The main areas of Gabler's academic work included the areas of “achievement motivation in high-performance sport”, “motivational foundations for extreme sports”, “motivation to act fairly”, “aggressive actions by athletes and spectators”, “life courses and biographies of high-performance and extreme athletes” and "Psychological Training". The sport of tennis was in the foreground in several of Gabler's works, in this context he dealt with, among other things, technical aspects, fitness, talent search and promotion, development at association and club level, fairness and psychological training.

Gabler was Vice President of the German Tennis Association (DTB) from 1989 to 1997 and in this office was responsible for teaching and training, school tennis, structural issues and women. Among other things, he published several tennis textbooks, including "Tennis - teach and learn with picture series" (1979, together with Richard Schrade), the "Textbook Tennis" (together with Jock Reetz and Rüdiger Bornemann) and worked on the compilation of the tennis Curriculum of the German Tennis Association. In 2018 Gabler was awarded the Golden Badge of Honor by the Working Group for Sport Psychology in Germany (ASP). In 1969 he took part in the founding meeting of the ASP, and between 1970 and 1975 he was a member of the board of the interest group. He is credited with having “decisively shaped the development of sports psychology in Germany”.

Individual evidence

  1. Competition for the Science Prize of the German Sports Association (Carl Diem badge) 2005/2006. In: sportwissenschaft.de. Retrieved March 23, 2019 .
  2. ^ Sabine Rehmer: Sport Psychology. Retrieved November 15, 2018 .
  3. a b Honorary Membership and Honorary Presidency. In: www.asp-sportpsychologie.org. Working Group for Sport Psychology in Germany, accessed on November 15, 2018 .
  4. News from the asp . In: Journal of Sport Psychology . tape 12 (3) . Hogrefe Verlag, Göttingen 2005, p. 103 .
  5. Barbara Halberschmidt: Roland Singer was 75. In: www.asp-sportpsychologie.org. Working Group for Sport Psychology in Germany, accessed on November 15, 2018 .
  6. a b Herzbergkuzarow: Prof. Dr. Hartmut Gabler, i. R. Retrieved November 15, 2018 .
  7. Summary: Modern trends in technology in top tennis. Retrieved November 15, 2018 .
  8. Summary: Fitness training in tennis. Retrieved November 15, 2018 .
  9. Summary: Talent Search and Talent Promotion in Tennis. Contributions from the 1st Symposium of Sportwiss. Advisory Board of the DTB 1983. Retrieved November 15, 2018 .
  10. Summary: The DTB and its member associations from a structural perspective. Centralization - decentralization, full-time position - honorary position. Retrieved November 15, 2018 .
  11. Summary: Tennis clubs on the way to the future. Retrieved November 15, 2018 .
  12. Summary: fairness in tennis. Retrieved November 15, 2018 .
  13. Summary: Psychological training in the practice of tennis. Retrieved November 15, 2018 .
  14. Matthias Zimmermann: "There is no shortage of young talents in German tennis (yet)!" Retrieved November 15, 2018 .
  15. Gabler, Hartmut. Retrieved November 15, 2018 .
  16. Presidia of asp. Working Group for Sport Psychology in Germany, accessed on November 15, 2018 .