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A Masterclass workshop in Applied Sport Psychology
We are delighted to promote Dr Brian Hemming's Applied Sport Psychology Workshop. A Masterclass in Applied Sport Psychology  ‘Being creative in your practice: Using storytelling with athletes’  You should attend if you….  Are a qualified psychologist and want to advance your expertise in sport Are undergoing supervised training and wish...
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Applied Sport Psychology

The mechanisms underlying imagery in sport
Jessica Ennis-Hill (Gold Medal winning Team GB heptathlete at the London 2012 Olympic Games), Johnny Wilkinson (Former England Rugby International Fly-Half and member of the 2003 Rugby World Cup winning...
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Podcast: The Psychology of Boxing Mayweather v Pacquiao
Check out our exclusive podcast with Sport and Exercise Psychologist Paul Russell. Within this podcast we talk about the psychology of boxing and what will be going through Mayweather and...
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What can we learn from international football players?
"We must cut number of foreign players to find more English talent"–Greg Dyke FA Chairman Over the last few years there have been a number of arguments regarding international players...
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Podcast 002: Richard Collins Sport and Exercise Psychologist
Richard Collins Richard has been the director of Head for a Win for 5 years and during this time worked with a wide variety of athletes, schools and businesses. Richard...
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Applied Sport Psychology

Five key attributes of the mentally tough athlete
Mental toughness is hard to quantify and define, and it is increasingly evident that the concept can mean different things to different people. UK researchers Jones et al. (2002) carried...
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Applied Sport Psychology

The theory of choking under pressure and strategies to prevent occurrence
Choking under pressure has become a widely researched area within sports psychology and it’s exact definition is still unclear. The term ‘choking under pressure’, or an individuals skill levels being...
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Football managers touchline behaviour
Recently the BBC reported that Alan Pardew, manger of Newcastle United Football Club was seeking help from a sport psychologist as a result of his recent touchline behaviour. Over the last...
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Athlete Development

Gender Issues within the Coach and Athlete Relationship
Gender Issues in Sport Social Role Theory (SRT) (Eagly, 1987) provides an insight into why gender issues may arise within the Coach and athlete relationship. SRT is the belief that...
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Performance

Combining the use of TGfU and Questioning to Improve Decision Making Skills in Soccer Players
The use of Heuristic Practices and specifically Teaching Games for Understanding (TGFU) within learning environments has been an ever increasing methodology applied by teachers and coaches for over 20 years....
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