Performance

Positive Self-Belief in Sport
THEORY: Positive self-belief is an internal aspect of your psychological make-up. When you are looking at achieving success and reaching your goals remaining positive is important. Self-belief must come from within. PRACTICE: The practice of positive self-belief relates to asking questions. These questions relate to what you can achieve and...
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Performance

"Playing Football With A Square Ball"
My motive for writing this piece is to plant a seed, to kick start a generation of new ideas and join the dots in a sector of professional sport that...
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Performance

Emotional Intelligence: Role in Sports Performance
Mayer and Salovey (1997:5) defined Emotional Intelligence (EI) as “the ability to perceive emotions, to assess and generate emotions so as to assist thought, to understand emotions and emotional knowledge,...
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Performance

Goal Setting in Sport
THEORY: Goal setting is a motivational tool to support and enhance performance. As humans we focus too much on outcome goals. Although outcome goals are important, performers should also consider...
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Performance

Do What Matters: Values and Committed Action in Football
As discussed in my previous article (ACT on the Gridiron: A New Approach to Sport Performance Enhancement in Football), my next few posts will be dedicated to illustrating the six...
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Performance

Pressure for athletes competing at Ironman World Championships
The World Ironman Championships in Kona, Hawaii is the biggest stage in world Triathlon, with most athletes racing between 8 to 17 hours. This competition is one of the most pressured...
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Performance

Mental Toughness in Sport
THEORY: Mental toughness is important and integral for successful outcomes. Key characteristics of mental toughness relate to consistency, desire, focus, overcoming setbacks, resilience and concentration. PRACTICE: Becoming mentally tough does...
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Athlete Development

Playing and Coaching – Passing the Torch While It’s Lit
Parent-coaches are very common in youth sports. This is not necessarily a negative thing— there are plenty of parents who do a great job—but it often seems as through the...
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Performance

Focus in Sport
THEORY: Focus is an essential component to sporting success. Focus allows performers to attend to the cues in hand and concentrate on tasks to achieve success. The ability to focus...
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Exercise Psychology

Exercise Maintenance, Weight-loss and New Years Resolutions. From Failure to Success
So January comes around again and everybody sets out with fantastic aims of losing weight and improving their health after the Christmas excess. Gyms and weight loss clinics are full...
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