Applied Sport Psychology

When was the last time you did a cartwheel?
If you take a look at children, they hop and skip and jump, they run and bounce and roll, they move freely with energy, enjoyment and enthusiasm.  But as we grow older we seem to lose our zest for movement. We begin to see exercise as a chore – we...
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Performance

Coaching Effectiveness
As a committed and passionate coach, you probably care deeply about the success of your team.  But how do you define “success” for your team?  Different coaches define “success” in...
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News

What could have motivated Lance Armstrong to cheat?
In the wake of the Lance Armstrong confession, the question on peoples minds is why do athlete risk their own health to cheat? The history of professional cycling is rife...
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Applied Sport Psychology

Overcoming fear of failure and risk taking
All athletes experience fear or anxiety at some point in their sporting career, but how does the fear of failure effect their actual performance?  Fear of failure can have such...
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Applied Sport Psychology

Debriefing in sport
In applied sport psychology debriefing is an area which has yet to be examined (Hogg, 2002).  Most research relating to debriefing has focused on performance evaluationwhich has been looked at in more depth (Hogg, 2002)....
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Mental Health

Exercise and psychological well being
In this article we shall look at the effects that exercise has on psychological well/ill being.  In todays society 25% of people experience anxiety disorders and 20% of people experience depression...
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Performance

How Important Is an Understanding of Decision Making to a Sport Psychologist Interested In Using it in Their Work With Athletes?
Decision making in sport has been a well investigated topic area in Sport Psychology, and it is one that is constantly developing and becoming more important in the world of sport...
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Applied Sport Psychology

Practice Better Than You Compete?
One common issue that athletes seek sport psychology services for is to learn how to perform in a competition as well as they do in practice.  Your physical ability has...
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Applied Sport Psychology

Effective sport psychologists – who are they?
In addition to the standards and competencies that sport psychologists must demonstrate to achieve accreditation with the relevant governing bodies, effective sport psychologists have been well-documented within the literature as...
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Team Building

Team cohesion
Coaches often talk about teams needing time to “gel” in order to perform at their maximum potential. What exactly does this mean? It has been evidenced time & time again...
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