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Injuries

Optimising performance and injury prevention by sleep monitoring in adolescent athletes

Optimal performance requires the balance of stress and recovery in response weekly and annual periodised training. Athletes need sufficient physical stress to maximise positive adaptations in terms of physical qualities such as strength, power and speed as well as skill based qualities such as increased decision making ability. To optimise...

Applied Sport Psychology

How to achieve optimal attentional focus

Ronan O Gara and Jonny Wilkinson, among many others place the ball, set themselves, say something to themselves and then go about their business and put the ball between the...

Applied Sport Psychology

Sport Psychology - Theory to Application

Mental preparation in sport is a vital component that is undervalued by some sports performers and coaches. One could ague that there are too many myths associated to the use...

Applied Sport Psychology

Maintaining motivation in exercise

At some time or other I suspect all athletes find it hard to maintain the intensity of exercise. We’ve all been there; the days when you had planned to go...

Applied Sport Psychology

Managing negative thoughts

Negative Thinking in Sport It could be argued that negative thinking is a common occurrence before, during and after athletic performance.. Whereas confidence is perceived as the athlete’s conviction of...

Mental Health

Life after sport: Depression in the retired athlete

It is often said that a sports star will die twice, the first time at retirement. For elite athletes who have dedicated their lives to sport, what happens when your...

Applied Sport Psychology

The Quiet eye and its application to skill acquisition and performance

How we learn and refine motor skills and how we prevent performance breakdown in pressurised or demanding circumstances are among the most important questions within sport psychology and skill acquisition....

Applied Sport Psychology

Carrot or Stick? Message framing to motivate health behaviour change

Advertisers are experts on human motivation and decision-making, using psychology to get us to buy their products or use their services. Take a look at these two commercials for mouthwash....

Applied Sport Psychology

The Application of mindfulness practice in sport

This article will focus on the emerging practice of mindfulness within the sporting environment. An overview of what mindfulness is and how it can help athletes will be outlined. Some...

Applied Sport Psychology

The role of reflective practice

Reflective practice is – in its simplest term simply recalling memories, but more specifically it is recalling memories of your previous performances. This can be your most recent performance, including:...

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