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How do you stop the All Blacks?

Rugby union is a game which is easily won, you put a physical person in a physical position. At the international stage there is arguable no better team at doing...

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6 Steps to developing Confident Athletes Online Course

Learn 6 basic sport psychology steps to help you to increase the confidence of your players and athletes About the course This course is all about developing confident and successful...

Performance

Thyroid medication across athletes: understanding the cause for concern

There has recently been a lot of speculation regarding the use of medication for treating thyroid problems across the athletic population. It therefore seems fitting to try and grasp an...

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How Jose Mourinho Lost His Amazing Techni-colour Dream Coat

Jose Mourinho sat with an unshaven beard and shaved head at the club’s Cobham training ground for the club’s annual Christmas meal just hours before he was sacked. He was...

Exercise Psychology

Maintaining Motivation for Exercise: New Year, New You?

Now 2016 is fully upon us, many of us will have noticed an increase in the amount of people in your local gym. A diverse range of individuals, some of...

Performance

Choking: The Case of Jana Novotna: “One of the most famous collapses in sport”

In 1993, Jana Novotna played Steffi Graf in the 1993 Wimbledon women’s tennis final. Novotna was in a strong position; she led the match 6-7, 6-4, and had a game...

Applied Sport Psychology

The psychology of fitness trackers

Google the words fitness trackers and you will see a number of different equipment pop up into your browser. You have options to choose from a Fitbit wristband, a Jawbone...

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Football managers touchline behaviour

Recently the BBC reported that Alan Pardew, manger of Newcastle United Football Club was seeking help from a sport psychologist as a result of his recent touchline behaviour. Over the last...

Applied Sport Psychology

Meditation in Sport

Within your life how often do you find time to relax and reflect? In today's society we often lead lives where we are working at 100mph and we take very...

Applied Sport Psychology

Denise Lewis: What qualities make Jessica Ennis such a successful athlete?

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BPS QSEP: Key Roles and Assignments

In my last article on BPS QSEP, the qualification taken by masters graduates to obtain chartered status as a Sport and Exercise Psychologist, I talked about how to get started...

Parenting Tips

Are pushy parents needed to develop elite athletes?

When listening to interviews with Tiger Woods, you will always here him comment positively about his Father’s influence in his development as a golfer. Earl Woods is one example of...

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Why coping with the media is essential for any ‘wonderkid’.

In recent times sport and especially football has seen a flurry of young sporting 'wonderkids' being shot into the media spotlight. With Real Madrid’s acquisition of the 16 year old...

Theories

The effect of anxiety on world cup penalty shootouts.

Many international footballers have missed penalties in FIFA World Cups over the years. Whether it be Italy’s Roberto Baggio in the 1994 final; or Frank Lampard in the 2006 quarter...

Theories

Brazil 2014: Penalty Shootouts: They’re just a lottery... right?

So for once, England's fate will not be decided by penalties in the World Cup. Their early exit at the group stage has saved as the agony of the dreaded penalty shootout,...

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Tour de France 2014: Mental Toughness

The end of the Tour de France 2014 has arrived and around 170 cyclists have battled their way through a lively, atmospheric Yorkshire to the mountainous region of Southern France....

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Self-determination theory: LeBron James and his return to Cleveland

Surprising though it may have been, one of the most talented athletes in our world today, LeBron James, has chosen to leave the NBA's Miami Heat team to come home...

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Club vs. Country: The psychological debate

One of the most frequently posed questions is why professional footballers often fail to perform in the big games on the international stage - I won’t mention any but I...

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