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Applied Sport Psychology

Born to be number one, or is second actually the best?

There are many theories surrounding the development of personality. The Biological Approach to personality suggests that genetics are responsible, with a well researched link between genetics and personality traits (Eysenck,...

Applied Sport Psychology

Bouncing Back From Adversity

“I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.” Michael Jordan In sport, the requirement to bounce back from adversity is key...

Applied Sport Psychology

The process of achieving your goals: Committed action

Often, we make the excuse that if we were “motivated enough” to go to the gym to lift weights, shoot extra free throws after practice, or run that extra mile...

Applied Sport Psychology

Flow - Playing in the zone

Understanding the psychological components that help with optimal athletic performance is a key priority for applied sport psychology. One factor that has been examined since the 1980s is flow which...

Applied Sport Psychology

Observation as an alternative to imagery II

Observation as an alternative to imagery – II In my last article (click to view) I suggested that observation could be used as an alternative to imagery. What I mean...

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What is sport psychology?

Sport psychology means different things to different people, as I found out when the question was put to a group of football coaches in a sports performance workshop recently. To...

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The athlete personality?

This article presents the first in a series of articles I shall write with regards to personality in the context of sport and exercise. The current discussion centres on whether...

Applied Sport Psychology

What is sport psychology?

Back in 1925, Coleman Griffith (soon to become known as the Grandfather of Sport Psychology) became the first person to make a career out of Sport Psychology by working with...

Theories

The leader state

Are you bringing out the best in the people you work with? What leadership skills do you hold? Do you display positive emotions and bring out positive emotions in others?...

Applied Sport Psychology

Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (CBT) in Sport

Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is a system of psychotherapy that attempts to reduce excessive emotional reactions and self-defeating behaviour by modifying the faulty or erroneous thinking and maladaptive beliefs that underlie...

Theories

Influencing factors of sustained motivation in sport

Motivation is a significant influence during sporting activity. Within a sporting context motivational factors are imperative when an attempt to maintain standard is made. As a result, awareness towards sustainment...

Theories

Leadership and the role of a leader in sports

Successful teams have strong leaders and the importance of this role is evident in all categories of sports. The performance of a leader is very clear in interactive games and...

Applied Sport Psychology

What is sport psychology?

A recent (and, it should be said, not very scientific) poll at my local triathlon club about sport psychology led to an interesting, and somewhat unexpected, result – the majority...

Applied Sport Psychology

What is Sport Psychology?

This may seem to be a strange question, surely its obvious what sport psychology is? Not so, as even though it has been around for a few decades now, it...

Applied Sport Psychology

Mental toughness: Nature vs. Nurture?

Having a strong psychological foundation will allow athletes to achieve the greatest execution of a skill can during a performance (Gucciardi et al, 2008). Ŝukys and Jansoniene (2012) reported, when...

Theories

Perfectionism and its application within a football setting

What is perfectionism? Perfectionism has been identified as an innate characteristic of personality (Stoeber et al. 2007), in a sporting context it is characterised by the setting of exceptionally high...

Theories

Extrinsic vs intrinsic motivation

Extrinsic motivation is ‘external’: people – in this case athletes – are driven to succeed by factors from outside i.e. money, prizes, acclaim, status, praise. Intrinsic motivation comes from within...

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How to benefit from music in sport and exercise

During the last two decades, advancements in technology have allowed music to grow into being an effective intervention to achieve a range of desirable psychological and performance effects among athletes....

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