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Mental Health

Protect your athlete - Body image perceptions and consequences

Anxiety surrounding body image and exercise is related to muscle gain, weight control and attractiveness leading to the question “Does this manifest in sport?” In short, yes it does, while...

Theories

Integrating your new transfer window signings (English Professional Football)

The transfer rumour mill is starting to crank up as Premier League and Football League clubs prepare to return for pre-season training in the very near future. Successful recruitment is...

Applied Sport Psychology

Antecedents and development of 'Talent' in football

Successful performance in elite football does not usually show itself until the early 20s due to unpredictable factors during a player’s development, particularly the effect that the growth spurt (puberty)...

Injuries

Athletic Identity

Athletic identity is the degree to which an individual identifies with the athlete role and looks to others for acknowledgement of that role (Brewer, Van Raalte, & Linder, 1993). It...

Applied Sport Psychology

The athlete and academics

Another September is upon on us and for most athletes that means it is time to head back to school. Last month I had discussed the importance of confidence keys...

Athlete Development

Steve McClaren: What psychological qualities are needed to excel in elite football?

Applied Sport Psychology

Tangible v Intangible

As the sporting world today is becoming more competitive than ever, professional teams and individuals are always looking to gain that competitive advantage over their opponents and rivals. Data (or...

Applied Sport Psychology

Embracing the Individual

Too often, team sports managements disenfranchise young players or potentially good players by treating them like pieces of meat. If they are not up to making the first team, they...

Athlete Development

How are players motivated in sport?

In elite sport, motivation is a key psychological trait that is needed to excel. Elite players need high levels of motivation to push themselves to their limits and to be...

Applied Sport Psychology

Positive psychology for peak performance

As a Positive Psychologist with a background in, and passion for, sport and exercise, I often get asked about the link between the areas, and where the disciplines of Positive...

Theories

Specialization in youth sport

When young children show a large amount of skill or potential talent for a specific sport, they are often pushed to exclusively pursue that sport by family or coaches. It...

Team Building

Steve McClaren: Creating the Environment

Applied Sport Psychology

Positive coaching, coping and disengagement

Positive Coaching, Coping and Disengagement 'The greatest accomplishment is not in never falling, but in rising again after you fall.' Vince Lombardi The quote above is relevant to mindset. It is...

Applied Sport Psychology

What is the purpose of training?

Answering this question will provide direction for every coach and sport psychologist. For me this is simple: to improve the athlete's technique, skills, tactics and self-development. Athletes will spend hours...

Theories

Amateurs vs experts

There is a theory (K Anders Ericsson) that it requires 10,000 hours of 'deliberate practice' or 10 years (1,000 hours per year, 2.75 hours per day!) to become an expert...

Applied Sport Psychology

On the pitch: Inside an experts mind

How it is that an expert footballer can play a perfectly weighted 50 yard pass cutting through the oppositions defence when under immense pressure. Swap them with a considerably less...

Applied Sport Psychology

Resilience in sport

In my experience, the term resilience is becoming an extremely prominent term used within sport, whether it is in relation to coaching, physiology or psychology. This is partly due to...

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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