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Why coping with the media is essential for any ‘wonderkid’.

In recent times sport and especially football has seen a flurry of young sporting 'wonderkids' being shot into the media spotlight. With Real Madrid’s acquisition of the 16 year old Martin Ødegaard from Stromsgodest, Norway being the most recent and high profile due to the global reach of Madrid. The...

Performance

“Feeling the pressure playing in golf team events”

As a trainee Sport Psychologist I have carried out a selection of workshops and consultancy in golf. It recently came to my attention from some individuals that team events can...

Athlete Development

Motivating athletes: The role of the organisation

“Motivation will almost always beat mere talent” Norman Ralph Augustine Motivation is a key subject for athletes, coaches and sporting organisations. In sport psychology, we attempt to define and measure...

Applied Sport Psychology

Understanding Alcohol Addiction in Sport

Within sport there is a noted paucity of research on the reasons as to why sportspeople drink in excess (O’Brien, Kolt, Webber & Hunter, 2010). In sport, alcohol is seen...

Applied Sport Psychology

Darren Campbell: How did you cope with the pressures of elite sport?

Nutrition

Case Studies in Sport Science and Medicine

Practitioners, athletes, students and anyone interested in sport should find the content of these case studies relevant and useful; they are diverse and capture the...

Applied Sport Psychology

Denise Lewis: What qualities make Jessica Ennis such a successful athlete?

Applied Sport Psychology

Choice Words

Self-talk is a valuable tool, one of the most effective methods of instilling self-confidence. Talking to yourself, despite being the first sign of madness, is also capable of improving performance....

Applied Sport Psychology

What to expect from the MAC approach

In my last article, I introduced the Mindfulness-Acceptance-Commitment Approach to sport performance enhancement, as developed by Gardner and Moore (2004). I briefly outlined the structure of the MAC program, noting...

Applied Sport Psychology

Achieving flow in sport

“Apparently you just run for an extended period of time”. So goes one of the famous quotes of the noughties on the topic of jogging (soft j, anyone?). Ron Burgundy...

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