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 men and women act and behave differently in social situations and take on different roles, due to the expectations 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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Athlete Development

Steve McClaren: What psychological qualities are needed to excel in elite football?
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Applied Sport Psychology

Anxiety in golf
Anxiety is an unpleasant motivational state (Lundqvist et al. 2011) comprising of cognitive (worrying thoughts) and somatic (oneself perception of physiological arousal) anxiety (Englert and Bertrams 2012), commonly measured by...
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Applied Sport Psychology

Self-talk as a tool for performance development
Self-talk is considered one of the main psychological strategies for developing a better mental state in sports context and it can take several forms: positive (motivational),  instructional and negative (Weinberg...
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Audio

Podcast 001: Dr Brian Hemmings
Within this podcast we talk to Brian about a number of different topics including Sport psychology within golf Tips for parents Creating the right environment for young players Psychological components...
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University Courses

Sport Psychology University Courses
Where can I study a Sport Psychology Course? There are a number of sport psychology courses that students can study. Below you will find a useful map of a number...
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Mental Health

Mental Health and Sport
 ‘I've grown up in my sport with the impression I was meant to be a superhero. You’re supposed to be able to handle things. You are in high pressure situations so...
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Mental Health

Exercise as treatment for anxiety and depression
1 in 4 of us will suffer with poor mental health at some point in our lives. Anxiety can affect around 16% of the British population at any one time...
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Physiology

Clean Protocol - changing athletes' attitudes towards doping
The first most notable use of drugs in sport was during the 1904 Olympics where a marathon runner took strychnine, a type of poison that when taken in small doses...
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