The Transformational Leader is someone who inspires others to go further than what they are capable of. A good coach is able to help others reach beyond expectations. In modern football, whether it be young athletes or adults, managing a group of players is becoming more difficult. A coach, or transformational leader, is someone who […]
Positive Coaching, Coping and Disengagement ‘The greatest accomplishment is not in never falling, but in rising again after you fall.’ Vince Lombardi The quote above is relevant to mindset. It is an often said that its not the mistakes you make but how you react to them that reveals your character. This article will explore the […]
Answering this question will provide direction for every coach and sport psychologist. For me this is simple: to improve the athlete’s technique, skills, tactics and self-development. Athletes will spend hours and hours, days and days, weeks and weeks even years and years working on techniques, skills and tactics. Therefore our job as sport psychologists is […]
In applied sport psychology debriefing is an area which has yet to be examined (Hogg, 2002). Most research relating to debriefing has focused on performance evaluationwhich has been looked at in more depth (Hogg, 2002). This type of research uses psychometric tests to assess an athletes strengths and weaknesses before, during or after performance (Smith, Norris & Hogg, 2002). Examples of […]
Decision making in sport has been a well investigated topic area in Sport Psychology, and it is one that is constantly developing and becoming more important in the world of sport and sport psychology. Decision making is a complex phenomenon in that if you were to ask a professional athlete why they made a decision, they […]
Coaches often talk about teams needing time to “gel” in order to perform at their maximum potential. What exactly does this mean? It has been evidenced time & time again that skill & ability will only get you so far, groups of players must have an intangible bond to fulfill their true potential. This bond […]
One common issue that athletes seek sport psychology services for is to learn how to perform in a competition as well as they do in practice. Your physical ability has not changed or decreased, so why does your performance? Weinberg and Gould (2007) state that many times “a lack of physical skills is not the […]
Imagery has been described as “an experience that mimics real experience, and involves using a combination of different sensory modalities in the absence of actual perception” (Cumming & Ramsey, 2009, p.5). Imagery is a psychological technique which has demonstrated its effectiveness in sport through positively affecting psychological states, such as decreasing anxiety and enhancing self-confidence, […]
Stress has been identified as crucial in sport, influencing performance as well as social functioning (Jones & Hardy, 1990). Increased anxiety and burn-out are symptoms which have been associated to an inability to manage stress in sport, as well as decreased self-esteem and performance difficulties. As the study of stress in sport has continued to […]