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Parenting Tips

How and when should praise be given?

In my previous article about parenting in sport (link available below), it was concluded parents should support, praise and encourage their child’s involvement in sport. What failed to be detailed...

Parenting Tips

Optimism in sport

Abraham Lincoln once described an a optimist as someone who "finds opportunity in every difficulty" whilst a pessimist to be someone who 'finds difficulty in every opportunity". Another way to...

Mental Health

Potential costs of an exclusive athletic identity

Athletic identity is defined as the degree to which an individual identifies with the athlete role (Brewer, Van Raalte, & Linder, 1993). Athletes are usually rewarded for complete commitment to...

Applied Sport Psychology

“Why would I want to work with a Mental Coach? I’m not crazy!”

As athletes and coaches at all levels become more sophisticated, using a team of people to support and help the athlete and coach is becoming more commonplace. Using a strength...

Mental Health

The role of mindfulness in sport

Imagine yourself walking up to the tee box on the 18th hole of the PGA Championship. You are leading the field, and simply have to make par to win the...

Applied Sport Psychology

Psychological benefits of a warm-up

‘We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit’ – Aristotle Novices and experts alike are all, or at least should be, aware of...

Applied Sport Psychology

Reflection and goal setting

Performance can be broken down into many different aspects. These aspects are psychological, technical, physical, and nutritional. Performers alongside their coaches need to be mindful about these aspects and write down...

Applied Sport Psychology

Mental toughness in football

The purpose of this article is to promote the use of mental toughness within football. Mental toughness is an important concept that coaches and players should engage during training and...

Applied Sport Psychology

Reaching Your Potential – An Optimum State of Mind

When playing within a team sport having freedom and creativity are vital aspects of successful performance. This style can transform teams who are rigid and playing within their boundaries into...

Physiology

The role of sexual activity on sleep and performance in competitive athletes

Previous articles for Sport in Mind have focused on athlete recovery and the importance of the appropriate quality and quantity of sleep. Sleep has been outlined as being essential for...

Physiology

The impact of mental fatigue on pacing strategies

An inability to be able to pace yourself can be deleterious to one’s performance, as an individual must be able to carefully select the appropriate distribution of efforts as to...

Applied Sport Psychology

Performance Yoga: How can yoga help athletic performance?

As a Yoga Teacher, Trainee Sport Psychologist, and English Champion of Olympic Weightlifting, I know how yoga can help athletes to maximise their physical and psychological potential and improve their...

Applied Sport Psychology

Developing intrinsic motivation....The role of the coach

It is widely acknowledged that the most successful performers across varying sporting paradigms are those that have invested a significant amount of time acquiring the essential skills of their trade...

Applied Sport Psychology

Embodied cognition: Matter over mind

If you were to ask a golfer coming off the 18th green following their best round of golf how they perceived the course, they might describe the fairways and greens...

Applied Sport Psychology

How a Coach’s Pedagogical Philosophy Impacts the Intrinsic Motivation of Athletes

Intrinsic motivation can be defined as “engaging in an activity for itself and for the pleasure and satisfaction derived from participation” (Vallerand, 2004). The coach’s ability to intrinsically motivate players...

Applied Sport Psychology

The short-term effects of working hard

Top athletes are made rather than born. Through hard work, practicing and learning they have become the quality players we know now. Working hard might even define the limit of your...

Applied Sport Psychology

Achieving optimal concentration

Further to my last article on “attention” I decided to come back to the more specific aspect of concentration. Despite it being one of the more obvious mental skills that...

Applied Sport Psychology

Self awareness

High performance athletes spend a crucial amount of time into skill development, physical conditioning, and nutrition. However at the high performance stage there is a thin line between winning and...

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