Mental Health

Physical activity, Type 2 diabetes and the Transtheoretical Model of change.
There are around 2.7 million people diagnosed with diabetes in England, 90% of who have Type 2 diabetes (UK Health and Social Care Information Centre 2013); a chronic disease characterised by the body’s inability to regulate blood glucose concentrations. Incidence rate has been strongly associated with physical inactivity. (National Institute...
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Audio

Podcast 026: Dr Angus Mugford Director IMG Institute
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Athlete Development

Developing a Coaching “Philosophy”
Most coaches that I’ve encountered have what they call a “coaching philosophy” which seems to me a quite broad and unexplained term. It can be anything from “give 110%” to...
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Mental Health

Bigorexia: The Internal Mirror
The term 'muscle dysmorphia' was coined in 1997 (Pope, Gruber, Choi, Olivardia, & Phillips, 1997) to describe this new form of disorder, commonly referred to as 'reverse anorexia', and now...
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Theories

Crowd Effects and the Home Advantage
As an avid football fan myself, I often wonder if all the effort I put into supporting my team from the stand really does help them to win the game....
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Nutrition

Keeping up with the Ketones!
In achieving optimal body composition for either aesthetic and/or performance purposes, we often cut calories and more specifically alter quantities of particular food groups that we consume. Namely, the low...
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Mental Health

Professional Pressure - Football and Mental Health
Football has been described as “more than just a game” (Jones, 1995). As a result, footballers are experiencing psychological distress despite achieving great sporting success. To attest to this point,...
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Parenting Tips

Parental Role in developing young athletes
Millions of young children participate in sports across the world, from joining a football team or training camp, finding a love for running or a natural ability to stand and...
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Performance

Self Talk, Attentional Focus and Skill Execution - Best Practice
International rugby stars and place kickers Dan Carter, Jonny Sexton and Jonny Wilkinson, among many others place the ball, set themselves, say something to themselves and mostly go about their...
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Athlete Development

Beta alanine: enhancing sport performance
The availability of supplements to help support the body during physical exercise, maintaining a healthy system and potentially improving performance, are numerous and many athletes take a wide range of...
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