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Physiology

Brazil 2014: Altitude and the Soccer World Cup

With the 2014 World Cup in Rio rapidly approaching, it is of great interest to reflect of the 2010 World Cup winners, Spain, and what may have helped them achieve...

Physiology

I Use the Gym; Where's my Shaker and my Capsules!

According to the American Dietetic Association, Dieticians of Canada and the American College of Sports Medicine (2000), only people who severely restrict their energy intake, use severe weight-loss practices, eliminate...

Physiology

Brazil 2014: Can England Handle the Heat in Brazil?

Exercising in exceedingly high temperatures puts significant physiological strain on the body and can markedly impair prolonged physical performance and accelerate time to fatigue (Cheuvront, Kenefick, Montain, & Sawka, 2010). ...

Applied Sport Psychology

Brain vs. Brawn: How mental fatigue affects physical performance.

What if I told you that I could influence your exercise performance just by making you read a book or play a computer game? Well, research suggests that I could....

Applied Sport Psychology

How to develop consistency

As the hockey school season winds down and training camps begin in approximately a month’s time, most athletes look to build upon their summer skates and create a consistency of...

Applied Sport Psychology

The Relationship Between Mindset and Achievement Behaviour

The nature vs. nurture debate is one that has divided sports fans for years. How are world-class athletes created? Are innate characteristics passed down the generations, through DNA encoded within...

Applied Sport Psychology

The 4 psychological C’s of performance

Sport is a complex equation; there are many components you have to try and combine in order to achieve optimal performance. The four C’s I will define and explain below...

Applied Sport Psychology

BPS QSEP Step 1: Finding a Supervisor and Placement

I’d just like to start by saying: If you think you’ll come straight out of uni and get a placement at a premier league football club, keep dreaming. Over what...

Nutrition

Pre-competition nutrition for elite marathon runners

The Marathon is a 26 mile 385 yard long-distance running event and one of the ultimate challenges in sport. Endurance events that require extreme volumes of training, such as the...

Applied Sport Psychology

Self efficacy in sport and exercise: Determining effort, persistence and performance

A complex process of self appraisals and self persuasion form the basis of judgements that individuals create with regards to whether they believe they have the capabilities to achieve. This...

Physiology

ACL injury in elite female footballers: Psychological risks successful transition

Research within sport psychology highlights and emphasises the potentially stressful nature of sports participation (e.g., Fletcher, Hanton & Mellalieu, 2006; Fletcher, Hanton Mellalieu & Neil, 2012; Giacobbi, Foore, & Weinberg,...

Applied Sport Psychology

Sports confidence theory

Vealey (1986) proposed a sport specific theory of confidence, she defined sport confidence as `the belief or degree of certainty individuals possess about their ability to be successful in sport'....

Applied Sport Psychology

Brain Training: Improving performance from your lounge room.

Imagine you’re an athlete of the future. It’s your rest day, but you schedule a specialised brain training session that gives you the edge over the competition, without compromising recovery....

Physiology

EEG and alpha waves in sport

Sports psychology is the measurement of mental and behavioural components that can impact on performance (Singer et al, 1993). However, sports scientists and coaches alike have a difficult task observing,...

Applied Sport Psychology

Self-talk as a tool for performance development

Self-talk is considered one of the main psychological strategies for developing a better mental state in sports context and it can take several forms: positive (motivational), instructional and negative (Weinberg...

Applied Sport Psychology

What to expect from the MAC approach

In my last article, I introduced the Mindfulness-Acceptance-Commitment Approach to sport performance enhancement, as developed by Gardner and Moore (2004). I briefly outlined the structure of the MAC program, noting...

Applied Sport Psychology

Achieving flow in sport

“Apparently you just run for an extended period of time”. So goes one of the famous quotes of the noughties on the topic of jogging (soft j, anyone?). Ron Burgundy...

Nutrition

Creatine: The bulk of the story

Creatine – The ‘Bulk’ of the story Is it fortunate or unfortunate we are to have an array of supplements and training aids available to our fingertips, not under prescription...

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