Over the last few decades sport psychology has undergone sustained development. Various elements may be used to analyse the evolution of this area of knowledge: from an academic perspective, an ever increasing number of training courses, master’s and doctoral programmes related to sport psychology are being offered; the research field has been consolidated and various scientific journals have emerged in this area of study; sport psychology congresses and publications are a frequent occurrence year after year; and sport psychology associations have spread throughout the world, with international and national organisations, etc. Nevertheless, as time goes on, one subject remains unsettled: the applied field