Applied Sport Psychology

The ACT hexaflex applied to sport
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) (Hayes, Strosahl, & Wilson, 1999) is a treatment approach that views experiential avoidance, inflexible attentional processes and reduced attempts to pursue valued behaviors as the sources of psychological dysfunction. These issues result in what is known as psychological inflexibility, or the inability to change one’s...
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Applied Sport Psychology

Performance analysis, psychology and the role of the motivational video
Performance Analysis and Sports Psychology are perhaps the two newest additions to the strings of the sports science bow. Documents of their effectiveness are individual entities are becoming more widespread;...
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Theories

Is it always better to exercise with other people?
The internet is filled with great advice from well-meaning advocates of exercise and the consensus is clear – if you want to have the best chance of sticking at your...
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Theories

Coaching Style: Fierce vs Friendly
It has long been said in the media that different coaches have different styles of coaching. The question is, what does this really mean? There are two main types of...
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Theories

An introduction to information processing system , memory and its role in sports.
Information processing system focuses on how we deal with the vast amount of information that is available to us when we are performing skills. It also compares our systems to...
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Parenting Tips

Maintaining participation in sport
Roy Hodgson’s squad for the forthcoming World Cup remains England’s second youngest squad ever taken to the major tournament, to some extent reflecting the desire for sport in England to...
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Applied Sport Psychology

Music in performance
Music Some recent research (Karageorghis et al 2009) has found the following relating to music: Beats per minute (BPM) in music are linked to the desired heart rate BPM in...
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Parenting Tips

Can spectator silence improve youth sport performance and enjoyment?
For those of us that have watched Ray Winstone’s performance of ‘Angry Football Dad’ for the FA’s Respect campaign, we can truly experience the extremes of negative adult involvement in...
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Applied Sport Psychology

The pressures of competing
In all of sports and for that matter business we face pressure in our everyday objectives. Meeting a deadline, scoring a goal or a touchdown, or getting to our child’s...
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Athlete Development

Have you created the right performance environment for your athletes?
With 6 days to go to until we kick off the 2014 FIFA Soccer World Cup I found myself wondering about the past few months of preparation for the teams...
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