Applied Sport Psychology

What is Talent - A Growth Mindset Approach (2/2)
The debate between nature and nurture in sports still exists. In my view the nurture part is more important than the nature part, because I believe a lot can be developed and learned. On top of that, why focus on an aspect you can do nothing about (nature) when you’re...
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Applied Sport Psychology

Performance profiling in sport
Performance profiling is a valuable technique, used to identify and organise training, preparation and the development of an individual (Richards, 2008). This technique can provide important information on athletes, which...
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Applied Sport Psychology

Are you mentally tough enough to become a US navy SEAL?
Advancing and optimising performance in military training has been of great interest to sport psychologists over the years. Performance enhancement is the deliberate refinement of an effective perception on success...
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Team Building

Team resilience and it’s role in the Rugby World Cup
The term ‘mental toughness’ is probably the most used psychological term used by pundits, writers, journalists, coaches and athletes alike. Yet the definition of the term is probably the most...
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Injuries

Identify your fear of re-injury and overcome it!
Unfortunately injury is a common threat when it comes to both elite and non-elite sport. How we cope with it may determine our path to either full recovery or re-injury....
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Applied Sport Psychology

Explaining motivational behaviour patterns
Motivation can be defined as the factors which direct and energise the behaviours of humans and other organisms- the drive behind the reasons we do things. Researchers have investigated a...
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Well Being

Social media and athlete psychological wellbeing
Since the birth of Twitter, the social media world has catapulted into something only once imaginable. The impact Twitter has had on the sports industry has been immense, in both...
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Nutrition

Hydration and cognition: Drinking to stay alert
Athlete preparation is a hugely diverse area with many different factors contributing to producing the best possible performance on any given occasion. It is the norm to see player preparation...
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Athlete Development

Development paths for individual and organizations
Development is always a hot topic. How do leaders develop employees? How do coaches develop athletes? How do teachers develop students? Development is always at the forefront of organizations and...
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Team Building

Preseason psychology for team sports
In sport there are four main components to performance; physical, technical, tactical and psychological. Ideally in preseason each aspect will be addressed and trained to ensure the players are fully...
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