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 that it typically consists of seven weekly sessions. The purpose of the present article is to describe the sessions of...
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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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Applied Sport Psychology

Talent Development in Young Footballers.
Talent Identification and development has become a key focus for National Governing Bodies, Regional teams and Local clubs all over the globe in many different sports. Being able to identify...
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Applied Sport Psychology

Concentration, focus and flow in golf
Concentration in the context of golf means to exclude all unnecessary stimuli so that a performer can focus on a particular task so that you can execute your mechanics effortlessly...
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Applied Sport Psychology

Establishing efficiency
Focus, consistency of performance, concentration and overall an ability to succeed is always at the forefront of athlete, team or business development. However is there a way we can truly...
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Leadership

The psychology of managing substitutes
“Teams win games, squads win titles.” (Sir Alex Ferguson) Sir Alex Ferguson’s philosophy paid dividends in the 1999 European Cup Final when Teddy Sheringham and Ole Gunnar Solskjear (two substitutes)...
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Parenting Tips

Why kids quit sport
Youth sport is a subject close to my heart. As a parent of three pre school-age children, participation in organised sporting activities is already a big part of our family...
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Parenting Tips

Are pushy parents needed to develop elite athletes?
When listening to interviews with Tiger Woods, you will always here him comment positively about his Father’s influence in his development as a golfer. Earl Woods is one example of...
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Nutrition

Creatine: The bulk of the story
Creatine – The ‘Bulk’ of the story Is it fortunate or unfortunate we are to have an array of supplements and training aids available to our fingertips, not under prescription...
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Mental Health

The effect of exercise on the stress response
Psychosocial stress is a natural response that occurs in the human body when a problem arises that an individual feels they may not be able to resolve or they perceive...
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