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Focus: Understanding scanning and switching off

Whether I have worked with Gymnasts, Footballers, Table Tennis Players or Triathletes, one thing has become clear, they all need to focus their attention on different cues at different times....

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How can students manage their energy levels during exam period?

Exam time is a stressful period for many students. It is that time of year where we wake up early, go to bed late and spend numerous hours sitting down...

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Dealing with Pressure Triggers

Sport practitioners deal with a number of pressure triggers that can affect their athletes’ performance levels. Two common pressure triggers include physical and mental symptoms. 1) Physical symptoms that can...

Applied Sport Psychology

“The world of images” - Inside the dancer’s mind

What is imagery Imagery is a process of creating a mental image or intention, which a person would want to happen or feel and it engages all the senses. Using...

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Psychology in big wave surfing

The above image is credited to CSG Limited. For more information click on the following link https://www.cheapsurfgear.com/ This sport involves surfers to ride waves that can build to the height...

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Building Self-Confidence in Sport

There is no doubt that performers in sport thrive on high levels of confidence. Examples exist where performers score a goal and then continue to score as a result of...

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Emotional Control Under Pressure: A Practical Guide

This brief practical guide will provide feasible recommendations for developing emotional control in high pressure situations. Encouraging Emotional Intelligence: This very useful form of intelligence can begin to be developed...

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Coping Under Pressure: The Value of Emotional Control

As our lives become increasingly fast-paced, with everything accessible at merely the touch of a button, both our personal and professional lives are becoming increasingly high-pressured and demanding upon our...

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Characteristics of Mental Toughness

Mental toughness has been discussed in the sports literature for many years. Indeed, mental toughness has been related to both business and sporting worlds owing to the alignment and common...

Mental Health

Striving to Perfection

The relationship between perfectionism and sporting excellence is often endorsed into many athletes; in order to be the best you must strive for perfection. A precursor for sporting success can...

Applied Sport Psychology

Mindfulness: Improving Sports Performance & Reducing Sport Anxiety

Athletes spend much of their time mentally and physically preparing for athletic competitions in hopes of improving playing performances. However, many athletes are inconsistent with their athletic performances due to...

Physiology

Directing Attentional Focus during Resistance Training

The focus of attention is influential in how well athletes learn sport-related and movement skills (movement efficiency, such as force production, speed, and endurance) and how well those skills can...

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Marathon Des Sables - Sustaining Performance in Extreme Environments

“Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative and creation, there is one elementary truth the ignorance of which...

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Becoming a more confident performer

Its the week of the big game, exam or even a job interview, you start to feel 'butterflies' in your stomach, you start to think "I'm Nervous" or "Something's not...

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Anxiety, Performance Stress and Skill Execution

Steven Gerrard made an error as Liverpool were on the verge of winning the league in 2014. Such a costly error at such a key time was one you wouldn’t...

Mental Health

ACT on the Gridiron: A New Approach to Sport Performance Enhancement in Football

Summer is winding down over here in the States. Temperatures are cooling down, and leaves will soon begin changing colors. Fall is approaching, which means one thing in the U.S.:...

Parenting Tips

The Problem with Talent

I dislike how we use the word ‘talent’. A quick google of the word ‘talent’ provides the following definition: natural aptitude or skill. Despite this rather narrow definition, I feel...

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Impression Management

Let’s be honest, everyone tries to impress other people on a daily basis. We all (or at least most) try to impress others - whether that is demonstrating positivity, attempting...

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