Applied Sport Psychology

Shame – What We Won’t Talk About
I was invited to a conference on Behavioral Health and Addictive Disorders.  I went to hear Harriet Lerner, Psychotherapist and Author of ten books.  She was going to be speaking from one of her books, The Dance of Fear.  This is about dealing with fear and anxiety.  Her talk was...
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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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Applied Sport Psychology

Goal Setting
'My idea of paradise is a straight line to a goal’- Friedrich Nietzsche Every successful person whether that be an artist, sports person or leader has set goals which have...
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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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Physiology

Tony Strudwick: Should there be more psychological testing in elite football?
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Physiology

Tony Strudwick: How can sport scientists and sport psychologists work together?
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Nutrition

James Collins: How do you help motivate athletes to stay to their diet?
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