Sport psychology, confidence tricks and the dark arts
I read with interest the comments of Paulo Di Canio, the head coach/manager of Sunderland football club in the English Premier League at...
I read with interest the comments of Paulo Di Canio, the head coach/manager of Sunderland football club in the English Premier League at...
I read with interest the comments of Paulo Di Canio, the head coach/manager of Sunderland football club in the English Premier League at...
In many professions there are now organisations and associations that cater for the needs of the professional members. Examples in sport...
To coincide with the Launch of my new book titled ‘Psychology of cricket’ that I have co-authored with Dr Jamie Barker I thought I would...
While there is starting to be some change in the way that psychologists are used in sport, in my experience it is still predominantly in...
Successful performance in sport is all about effective relationships. Whether these are between teammates, the coach and the athlete, or...
We all know that we need to engage in continued professional development as qualified/ registered practitioners, but what is sometimes...
Increasingly in a range of spheres of life professionals are required to measure, report, and demonstrate impact. This is seen as how the...
The question of what we should call ourselves as practitioner applied sport psychologists appears to have been an ever present throughout...
With all the bad news out there at the moment about the economy, employment, debts, and the cost of living I thought it was worth...
I always think this is an interesting question. If I was a member of the public and I wanted to find a consultant where would I go? For...
Throughout my initial education as a sport psychologist I was treated to a constant diet of four main approaches to working as an applied...
Over the last ten years I have noticed that sport psychology in the UK has been very preoccupied with issues relating to professional...
It is interesting that in the UK, and many other countries, the psychology of sport is grouped with the psychology of exercise. This...
There is an interesting debate that is taking place in the literature that supports the sport psychology profession. This relates to a...
Understandably there is significant attention paid to the physical, mental, and emotion well being of players and teams when away from...
I watched with interest the various English Football Association (FA) cup games that took place over the weekend. In particular the...
The big challenge in any performance environment is to be able to deliver when it counts. Whether it is in sport, medicine, the military,...
The first cricket test match between India and England ended a couple of days ago with a victory for the home team by what ultimately was...
Applied sport psychology consultants are both committed and required to engage in continued professional development (CPD). Indeed there...