Applied Sport Psychology

What is sport psychology?
Sport psychology means different things to different people, as I found out when the question was put to a group of football coaches in a sports performance workshop recently. To some, it meant being observed, and to others it meant lying back on a sofa and being analysed. Such views...
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Applied Sport Psychology

From pit stop to pole position- The role of a Sport Psychologist
Psychology is a word that is thrown around with the likes of therapy and psychiatry. Adding sport on the front, still does not seem to shift these negative connotations. It...
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News

Paralympic athletes: what makes them “super human”?
The 2014 Sochi Winter Paralympics were the most successful in history for team GB and the athletes weren’t shy in acknowledging the role that mental preparation played in their success....
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Applied Sport Psychology

Intimidation in sport - Are you a wolf?
I was on a recent train journey and I needed something to read so I picked up a copy of New Scientist (1 June 2013). Several of the articles took...
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Applied Sport Psychology

What is sport psychology?
Back in 1925, Coleman Griffith (soon to become known as the Grandfather of Sport Psychology) became the first person to make a career out of Sport Psychology by working with...
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Applied Sport Psychology

Observation as an alternative to imagery II
Observation as an alternative to imagery – II In my last article (click to view) I suggested that observation could be used as an alternative to imagery. What I mean...
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Applied Sport Psychology

Flow - Playing in the zone
Understanding the psychological components that help with optimal athletic performance is a key priority for applied sport psychology. One factor that has been examined since the 1980s is flow which...
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Applied Sport Psychology

Creating a mastery-oriented performance climate - the role of a coach
Motivational theories assumes an individual as an intentional, goal-directed organism who operates in rational manners (Roberts, Treasure & Conroy, 2007).  An individual participating in sports are consequently driven by motives...
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Physiology

Sprint interval training: A psychological perspective
Continuous training (CT) is defined as ‘a bout of prolonged steady-state activity’ (Haskell et al, 2007) and has been utilised as an effective intervention to stimulate favourable physiological adaptations to...
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Applied Sport Psychology

Skill acquisition in sport - The journey to expertise
Skill Acquisition in Sport This article attempts to provide simplistic insight into the concept of Skill Acquisition in sport, and specifically what actions coaches and teachers need to be conscious...
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