Athlete Development

Working in Youth Sport: Reflections of a Trainee Sport Psychologist
Introduction As a Trainee Sport Psychologist, I have been offered many opportunities to work with young athletes at various stages of their personal development and progression within their chosen sport. When these roles were first offered, it was challenging to understand the needs of each age group that I was...
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Performance

How Can We Train to Work on Concentration Levels in Sport?
For athletes, one key area which is important to them is improvement. They are always looking for something that poses as a weakness to them in order for them to...
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Applied Sport Psychology

Emotional Control Under Pressure: A Practical Guide
This brief practical guide will provide feasible recommendations for developing emotional control in high pressure situations. Encouraging Emotional Intelligence: This very useful form of intelligence can begin to be developed...
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Applied Sport Psychology

Coping Under Pressure: The Value of Emotional Control
As our lives become increasingly fast-paced, with everything accessible at merely the touch of a button, both our personal and professional lives are becoming increasingly high-pressured and demanding upon our...
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Performance

Increasing and Maintaining Emotional Control Under Pressure
In today’s fast-paced society, coping under pressure seems more vital than ever and is often a necessary skill across many professional domains. But how can individuals learn to cope in...
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Physiology

The Influence of Sleep on Performance
Sleep is an integral part of what makes humans function (Harris et al., 2015). It is a common need that, if neglected, has the potential to negatively impact our daily...
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Performance

Injury - physical or mental pain
Battling your way back to full fitness from injury can be a long, tough and difficult journey but ultimately rewarding. Often it can be a conflict between body and mind, head...
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Performance

Coaching Styles and Performance Outcomes
Coaching styles and coaching strategies are terms typically thrown around in academia, the media, and sport. For the purpose of this read, I will refer to a coaching style as...
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Athlete Development

Sport Psychologists - Preventers or fixers
Sport Psychology is a growing discipline and one that I find myself privileged to be involved in. Despite this growth, I still wonder why it can often be viewed as...
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Meet The Athletes

The Psychology of Injury: The curious case of Daniel Sturridge
After failing to score for the fifth game running, pundits, journalists and fans alike are trying to pinpoint why Daniel Sturridge is struggling to recapture the form he displayed in...
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