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Team Building

Importance of the coach-athlete relationship

Sports performance is determined by many factors. According to Serpa (1999), and the trends from the literature, the coach-athlete relationship is an important factor affecting sport performance. Within the realms...

Applied Sport Psychology

The ACT hexaflex applied to sport

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) (Hayes, Strosahl, & Wilson, 1999) is a treatment approach that views experiential avoidance, inflexible attentional processes and reduced attempts to pursue valued behaviors as the...

Athlete Development

Brazil 2014: Coaching style - how can it influence the World Cup results?

England has during the last World Cups experienced different styles of coaching. Sven Gøran Eriksson applied his democratic coaching style on the English stars, getting critique for not being able...

Mental Health

How can a coach influence athlete burnout?

As many theories in psychology suggest, our actions, behaviour and personality is greatly influenced by those within our lives, whether friends, parents, teachers, or in a sporting scenario, our coaches....

Athlete Development

Change and transitional periods in sport

Everything within our lives is subject to change; whether it be our looks, where we live, or our friendship circle. In sport, as an athlete develops and progresses it is...

Applied Sport Psychology

A new theoretical framework to get in the zone

Everybody working in the field of sports knows that one critical factor to develop and perform is to get in the zone. The zone is that state in which one...

Team Building

Is an autocratic style of coaching more effective than a democratic one?

We’ve all seen it or heard about it – stories of top football coaches shouting, throwing things all in the name of getting the best out of their players. From...

Applied Sport Psychology

Positive self-talk versus acceptance self-talk

Internal dialogue or self-talk, as it is most commonly referred to in sport psychology, is an occurrence nearly every athlete experiences. Although positive self-talk is possible, typically, our thoughts and...

Athlete Development

Rudimentary considerations to enhance youth athlete development

In the recent decade there has been a fair amount of quality information regarding long-term planning of athletic development. To note, two of the most popular conceptual models to date...

Applied Sport Psychology

Brain vs. Brawn: How mental fatigue affects physical performance.

What if I told you that I could influence your exercise performance just by making you read a book or play a computer game? Well, research suggests that I could....

Applied Sport Psychology

The 4 psychological C’s of performance

Sport is a complex equation; there are many components you have to try and combine in order to achieve optimal performance. The four C’s I will define and explain below...

Applied Sport Psychology

Self efficacy in sport and exercise: Determining effort, persistence and performance

A complex process of self appraisals and self persuasion form the basis of judgements that individuals create with regards to whether they believe they have the capabilities to achieve. This...

Physiology

ACL injury in elite female footballers: Psychological risks successful transition

Research within sport psychology highlights and emphasises the potentially stressful nature of sports participation (e.g., Fletcher, Hanton & Mellalieu, 2006; Fletcher, Hanton Mellalieu & Neil, 2012; Giacobbi, Foore, & Weinberg,...

Applied Sport Psychology

Sports confidence theory

Vealey (1986) proposed a sport specific theory of confidence, she defined sport confidence as `the belief or degree of certainty individuals possess about their ability to be successful in sport'....

Parenting Tips

Why kids quit sport

Youth sport is a subject close to my heart. As a parent of three pre school-age children, participation in organised sporting activities is already a big part of our family...

Theories

Hostility in Sport

Professional players in the world of sport are expected to be, as they are labelled, professional. With recent events highly publicised in the media, how professional and level-headed are these...

Applied Sport Psychology

Developing an inner drive within players

My players don't want to be at training", "They are losing interest", "There is no motivation in our lot." From my coaching experiences over the last 10 years these are...

Mental Health

Should sports coaches receive more education regarding recognising and treating eating disorders in athletes?

Eating disorders and disordered eating behaviour are serious mental conditions “that manifest themselves in a variety of eating and weight-related signs and symptoms” (Thompson & Sherman, 2010, p. 7) and...

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