How objective and supportive is the audience?
Often in sport ‘the media’ get chastised for being too quick to judge, or biased in their views. However, this is often less more...
Often in sport ‘the media’ get chastised for being too quick to judge, or biased in their views. However, this is often less more...
Watching the American Football over the weekend I was particularly interested in the references to winning and losing streaks. This...
The sacking of Paulo Di Canio yesterday, by English Premier League team Sunderland Football Club, got me thinking about how long Head...
Following a conversation with the Head of Science and Medicine at a professional sports club last week I have been considering whether...
In the world of performance sport and the drive for results a focus on good general mental health is often lost. In the rush to deliver...
I still regularly come across the perception of sport psychologists as practitioners who ‘fix’ broken players or help to rebuild...
It was interesting last week with the 20th Anniversary of Shane Warne’s amazing ‘ball of the century’ to dismiss Mike Gatting on day two...
I observed with interest the publication last week of the British Association for Sport & Exercise Sciences (BASES) position statement on...
I have watched the events of the last few days in sport play out with some interest. In particular Laura Robson’s fantastic victory...
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...