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Applied Sport Psychology

Using sport psychology strategies to reduce stress in the military

Military personnel face extreme levels of stress that impact not only their performance but also their readiness and personal relationships (Mastroianni, Mabry, Benedek, & Ursano, 2008). Prominent stressors include sleep...

Physiology

Sleep deprivation and performance

The question as to why humans require sleep is largely unanswered. Most research focusing around sleep has looked at specifically how humans sleep and it has been found that sleep...

Applied Sport Psychology

Fear in Sport (Part 2)

In part one we looked at James Loehr’s (1982) model of the Ideal Performance State which gave us a brief insight into the power of the mind-body connection. We came...

Applied Sport Psychology

How to benefit from music in sport and exercise

During the last two decades, advancements in technology have allowed music to grow into being an effective intervention to achieve a range of desirable psychological and performance effects among athletes....

Applied Sport Psychology

Match preparation: Different sports, same process

Preparation is something that is key within sport and is also something that most people involved in, or even regularly watching sport will be very familiar with. Preparation comes in...

Applied Sport Psychology

Motivation in disabled schoolchildren

After witnessing a schoolgirl aged 12 with two prosthetic blades running in a High School Sports Day 100m event in front of the entire school without any leveling distance advantage,...

Applied Sport Psychology

The power of superstitions and rituals in sport

We've all seen or heard of elite sports people performing ritual movements before competitions, from a 100m runner blessing themselves before a race, to a footballer with his lucky pants...

Applied Sport Psychology

The importance of perspective in sport

More and more factors such as anxiety, depression, anger, worry, and frustration just to name a few are becoming the norm in not just elite level and professionals sport but...

Applied Sport Psychology

Choke vs panic in sports

In working with athletes on emotional control especially as it concerns emotional intelligence I frequently need to help athletes cope with situations in which they say they choked. In my...

Applied Sport Psychology

Bragging rights: Applied exercises in mental training

My sport psychology program at "The Mental Game" is a mixture of cognitive behavioral therapy, imagery rehearsal, relaxation, hypnosis and other tools designed for self actualization. When a client comes to my...

Applied Sport Psychology

Creating a Performance Bubble

For athletes: How to create your own Performance Bubble... Pre-performance routines are the most effective means for you to control arousal levels, achieve flow, and reduce the likelihood of choking....

Applied Sport Psychology

One way to get over choking in The Open

You have the talent, you’ve been working hard at your game, you’re physically in great shape and you’ve won plenty of times in the past - but when it comes...

Applied Sport Psychology

Why we should embrace failure

I was reading the book Bounce: How Champions are Made recently, and the author mentioned a Michael Jordan commercial for Nike from several years ago. Watching the commercial again, I...

Applied Sport Psychology

Stress and the glass of water

I want to run you through a demonstration I have used in workshops and with individual clients. It's called Stress and a Glass of Water. I didn't invent the analogy,...

Applied Sport Psychology

Anxiety in sports performance

Anxiety is a concept that is widely discussed by performers and coaches. Practitioners involved in sports performance need to be aware of anxiety related symptoms. Once awareness is built it...

Applied Sport Psychology

Individual differences in sport

“No one formula can provide effective and meaningful interventions for all athletes and teams in all situations” (Anderson, 2002). It is critically important to keep individual differences in mind when...

Applied Sport Psychology

Hot button sssues and the influence of self talk

Self-talk, or our internal monologue, often has contrasting effects; used correctly self-talk is one of the most effective methods of instilling self-confidence. Negative self-talk involves thinking or saying anything that...

Nutrition

How does alcohol, caffeine and hyper hydration affect Sleep?

Alcohol Drinking alcohol before sleep can be viewed as having both a positive and negative influence on sleep. Most research suggests that consumption of alcohol before sleep has a detrimental...

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