Applied Sport Psychology

Anticipation skill in sport
Why do expert athletes often appear to have ‘all the time in the world’ to respond in highly time constrained sports, while novices appear challenged by rapid speed of play? This distinction between experts and their less-skilled counterparts has been at the heart of discussion in the sports perception literature...
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Team Building

Steve McClaren: Creating the Environment
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Applied Sport Psychology

Pressure of staying at the top
For many years athletes dedicate themselves to the path of elitism within their respective sport. Hours upon hours of practice, military like regimes combined with mental preparation and focus assist...
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Applied Sport Psychology

Stress in sport
Stress has been identified as crucial in sport, influencing performance as well as social functioning (Jones & Hardy, 1990). Increased anxiety and burn-out are symptoms which have been associated to...
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Applied Sport Psychology

The science of human strength
Positive Psychology hit the headlines last year with announcement of the launch of ‘happy schools’. At these schools, happiness will be placed at the heart of the curriculum in order...
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Applied Sport Psychology

Emotional intelligence in sports: The game within the game
This post was intended to be about self confidence, but I decided I needed to take a step back and rather than talk specifically about gaining confidence; a more general...
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Applied Sport Psychology

Sport Psychology in performance
Self-Confidence in Sports Performance Self-confidence is a state performers exhibit before, during and after performance. Performers can either suffer from low confidence levels or exhibit high levels of self-confidence. In...
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Physiology

The role of the physiotherapist: a bio-psychosocial approach to rehab
Why is it that some athletes become crippled by injury, whilst others return to come back stronger than ever before? Both physical and psychological factors play a significant role in...
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Applied Sport Psychology

Aytron Senna - Inside the Mind of a Champion
I was originally going to write a post just about the power of the placebo effect in sport after watching the film Senna. This led me to watch another documentary...
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Mental Health

Exercise Addiction in Sport
Throughout sport, exercise has been universally acknowledged as a healthy habit which can have many psychological and physical benefits for an individual (Szabo & Griffiths, 2007: Bouchard, Shephard & Stephens,...
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