Applied Sport Psychology

The power of superstitions and rituals in sport
We've all seen or heard of elite sports people performing ritual movements before competitions, from a 100m runner blessing themselves before a race, to a footballer with his lucky pants or the Golfer with his favourite putter. From the outside looking in it may seem odd and strange; however in...
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Applied Sport Psychology

Motivation in disabled schoolchildren
After witnessing a schoolgirl aged 12 with two prosthetic blades running in a High School Sports Day 100m event in front of the entire school without any leveling distance advantage,...
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Applied Sport Psychology

Match preparation: Different sports, same process
Preparation is something that is key within sport and is also something that most people involved in, or even regularly watching sport will be very familiar with. Preparation comes in...
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Exercise Psychology

Training for the perfect body or training for health and enjoyment
Motivation to exercise is an extremely important area in psychological research. Gaining an understanding of why many people drop out of exercise, and why others are able to maintain involvement...
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Applied Sport Psychology

How to benefit from music in sport and exercise
During the last two decades, advancements in technology have allowed music to grow into being an effective intervention to achieve a range of desirable psychological and performance effects among athletes....
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Team Building

Team building to overcome team conflict
A Team-Building Intervention Whether it is on or off the playing field, effectively dealing with conflict goes a long way in determining success.  Once teams successfully overcome conflict, trust develops...
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Team Building

The impact of team conflict
Conflict within a team sports at both amateur and elite level is a likely occurrence at some point! Conflict can arise among members of sports teams which may negatively impact...
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Theories

Extrinsic vs intrinsic motivation
Extrinsic motivation is ‘external’: people – in this case athletes – are driven to succeed by factors from outside i.e. money, prizes, acclaim, status, praise. Intrinsic motivation comes from within...
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Applied Sport Psychology

Fear in Sport (Part 2)
In part one we looked at James Loehr’s (1982) model of the Ideal Performance State which gave us a brief insight into the power of the mind-body connection. We came...
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Mental Health

Psychological effects of retirement in sport
Over the last decade, retirement in elite sport has received considerable attention from researchers. From studies it has been found that the termination of a sporting career induces changes in...
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