1897: Norman Triplett a psychologist from Indiana University conducts the first social psychology and sport psychology experiment. Triplett studied the effects that others had on cyclists. His conclusions were clear that cyclists cycle faster when in groups rather than riding solo. To test this furthur Triplett conducted an experiment with children reeling in fishing lines. He found that like the cyclists the children reeled their lines in faster when other children were present.
1899: E.W. Scripture of Yale describes personality traits that he feels can grow via sport participation
1903: G.T.W. Patrick discusses the psychology of play
1914: R. Cummins assesses reaction time, attention, skills and ablities as they relate to sport.
1918: As a student, Coleman Griffith begins conducting informal studies of football and basketball players at the University of Illinois.
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