Performance

Emotional Intelligence Applied Practice in Football
Positive mind-set allows performance levels to increase because it facilitates direction and focus. The relationship between mental preparation and sport psychology therefore becomes important and there is evidence of its use in cricket, golf and tennis. It is therefore not surprising that football has also introduced sport science to their...
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Performance

Self-Confidence in Sport
THEORY: Self-confidence is your ability to undertake tasks. It is your ability to understand that you can achieve any number of goals. Self-confident people enjoy the tasks they undertake and...
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Performance

The Growth Mindset - not just for sports stars
For those of us who take an interest in what's going on in the world of sport and performance psychology, the concepts of growth and fixed mindsets will be nothing new....
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Performance

Self-regulation - a cognitive skill to monitor progress?
Self-regulation - a cognitive skill to monitor progress? According to Richards (2011), “self-regulation refers to the process in which individuals monitor, manage, and control their behaviours, thoughts, emotions, and interactions...
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Applied Sport Psychology

The Theory of Challenge and Threat States in Athletes (TCTSA): Applying the model with athletes through imagery scripting.
The Theory of Challenge and Threat States in Athletes (TCTSA) provides a framework for understanding how athletes react psycho-physiologically within competitive situations (Jones, Meijen, McCarthy & Sheffield 2009). To expand,...
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Performance

Choking: The Case of Jana Novotna: “One of the most famous collapses in sport”
In 1993, Jana Novotna played Steffi Graf in the 1993 Wimbledon women’s tennis final. Novotna was in a strong position; she led the match 6-7, 6-4, and had a game...
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Performance

Obesity, Anxiety and Depression – an Exploding Epidemic
Obesity is an epidemic that will have far reaching implications for the health of our nation. The statistics are frightening. Studies have shown that obesity has quadrupled in last 30 years....
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Performance

Stress Management in Sport
THEORY: Stress is both good (positive) and bad (negative). It is how we deal with stress that is important. We need stress in our lives to provide us with opportunity....
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Exercise Psychology

Maintaining Motivation for Exercise: New Year, New You?
Now 2016 is fully upon us, many of us will have noticed an increase in the amount of people in your local gym. A diverse range of individuals, some of...
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Video

James Haskell: What psychological qualities are needed to excel in elite rugby?
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