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Performance

Self Talk, Attentional Focus and Skill Execution - Best Practice

International rugby stars and place kickers Dan Carter, Jonny Sexton and Jonny Wilkinson, among many others place the ball, set themselves, say something to themselves and mostly go about their...

Performance

A Guide to Mental Preparation - 10 steps to Success

Performers can use the following 10 steps to success when preparing for sport. Step 1 – Attitude – develop your attitude and become positive in outlook Step 2 – Set...

Performance

Early specialisation and elite performance

Early specialisation is a major trend in child and adolescent sports (Hecimowich, 2004), but is this approach to athletic development research-driven and supported in both practice and theory? Some of...

Performance

Can imagery increase the strength of a muscle?

Recently I conducted an experiment as part of a university assignment examining the predictions of bio-informational theory (Lang, 1979) and the effectiveness of imagery on enhancing muscle strength, using a...

Performance

Creating the winning mentality (Applying in the sports field)

I have elaborated on the discussion about the lack of the winning mentality in football minded Holland here: http://believeperform.com/performance/creating-winning-mentality/. In this article I will apply my thoughts into practice: how...

Applied Sport Psychology

Training the eyes

The development of scientific research in sport has given coaches the opportunity to extract tested training methods and apply them to practice. They have used the continuous publication of in...

Mental Health

Denise Lewis: Are athletes given enough support surrounding mental health issues?

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...

Applied Sport Psychology

Music, Quotes and Exercise: Is it a ‘Fad’ or Fact?

Today we are living in a digital era, and the advancements being made in technology are continuing to grow at extortionate rates. Since the invention of gadgets such as the...

Applied Sport Psychology

Managing Emotions - The Traffic Light Approach

This is a short and simple article on managing emotions. The key aim is to allow performers an opportunity to utilise a strategy to enable them to manage emotions in...

Applied Sport Psychology

What is Anxiety?

Anxiety is both a psychological and physiological phenomenon. Anxiety is related to emotions such as fear, and negative thoughts such as not being able to cope. The physiological aspects of...

Physiology

Exercise and Sleep: a Double-Edged Sword?

Participation in regular exercise has been hailed as an effective intervention for promoting sleep, often promoted as a treatment for sleep-related disorders. Research associates higher levels of physical activity with...

Applied Sport Psychology

Five key attributes of the mentally tough athlete

Mental toughness is hard to quantify and define, and it is increasingly evident that the concept can mean different things to different people. UK researchers Jones et al. (2002) carried...

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

The mechanisms underlying imagery in sport

Jessica Ennis-Hill (Gold Medal winning Team GB heptathlete at the London 2012 Olympic Games), Johnny Wilkinson (Former England Rugby International Fly-Half and member of the 2003 Rugby World Cup winning...

Applied Sport Psychology

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

Applied Sport Psychology

James Haskell: How do you mentally prepare for performance?

Applied Sport Psychology

Darren Campbell: How did you cope with the pressures of elite sport?

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