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‘So What’s Next?’ – Life After Professional Sport
Retirement – the reality! For many years, sport psychologists have referred to retirement from sport as a ‘transition’. However, Nesti and Littlewood (2010) argue […]
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Developing Resilience In Elite Athletes: The Role Of The Environment
It often said ‘what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger’. But we all react to adversity in different ways. While some seem to be […]
How Gratitude Can Improve Performance
Champion or defeated? Sports constantly presents challenges and adversity, exposing athletes with enough grit and gratitude to overcome adversity and those who will crumble […]
Do you understand how expectations may affect your sport performance?
Expectation is defined as ‘a strong belief that something will happen or be the case in the future’. Expectations can affect athletes in various […]
Using Imagery for Sport Performance
Imagery is a mental skill with which many of us are familiar. If done correctly, and adapted for the needs of the athlete, imagery […]
An Insight into Your Coach’s Behaviour
In any sport, it is generally accepted that the performance of a coach influences the performance of their athlete/team. So, it is not only […]
Why is Confidence important for Young Athletes?
Young athletes will experience times when they struggle with their confidence and it is low, they will also experience the opposite where confidence is […]
EI and the golf round
The long route of the golf course contains a trail that can last anything between 2 to 4 hours. Whilst this is an incredibly […]
Student athletes – Demands faced and resources available
University and being a student-athlete is a great experience that many people reflect on with fond memories. Use this article and other resources or […]
Exploring the relationship between alcohol and rugby
Our drinking club has a rugby problem? There is a long standing yet peculiar relationship between alcohol and rugby. Some of amateur rugby clubs […]
Shift from superstitions and develop your pre-performance routine
Many athletes talk about superstitions that they have in the build up to matches, races or competitions. These superstitions are compulsive actions that don’t […]
Lesser spotted diagnosis – ADHD in sport
ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) is a mental disorder starting in early years which can go on to have significant negative effects on lives […]
Masters athletes: Negotiating the ageing process
I previously wrote an article on here titled, ‘why am I doing this at my age? Physical activity or competitive sport? Which looked at […]
Building your confidence foundations
Confidence is probably the most frequently talked about psychological factor. Confidence is typically noticed the most when it’s gone missing, so as a result […]
Pre game routines – Maximising preparation opportunities
Consistent preparation prior to competing is a key influence on the actual performance that you deliver. From a mental perspective it’s worth remembering;Consistent preparation […]
Mindfulness: ‘letting it be’ in a performance driven context
Mindfulness is thought to be a tendency to be present in the moment and to mindfully accept naturally occurring events, emotions and thoughts. As […]
Perform the Switch – Leon Lloyd – Life outside of sport
Following a successful career as a professional, international rugby player, injury forced Lloyd into an early sporting retirement at the age of 30. Here, […]
The young athlete’s journey – transitions in youth sport
The 2018 Commonwealth Games has further reinforced the young age that some athletes are attending such high-profile events At just 11-years-old Anna Hursey became […]
Coaching Resilience – A Military and Sport Psychology Perspective
Resilience is a hot topic in today’s world. From sport psychology to military psychology, it seems that everyone has their own interpretation of resilience, […]
6 steps to a winning mindset
The 6 Steps to a Winning Mindset course is a highly practical guide to understanding and building your own version of these tried and […]
Underdogs vs Favourites: Managing expectations
It goes without saying that sport provides us with some competitive mismatches. When looking for examples of these it is difficult to look past […]
Mental Toughness in Marathon Running
The purpose of this article is to outline the concept of mental toughness amongst runners in a marathon with the use of mental skills. […]
The Me in a Team – Narcissism
Have you ever noticed players not getting on well within a team but are key players? They perform well on the biggest stage and […]
Cultural Sport Psychology
In the summer of 2017, I had the opportunity to volunteer with a football academy in Ghana as a mental skills trainer. Many of the […]
Podcast 029: Applied Sport Psychology with Kate Kirby Lead sport psych with the Irish Institute of Sport
Making Challenge Opportunities for Distinguished Success
Imagine a time of which you had to overcome a significant challenge in your life. It could be a career change, personal loss, or […]
Thriving as a Corporate Athlete: What is thriving? And how can you thrive?
A question fervently debated is what separates world-class performers from exceptionally good ones? Contemporary research has investigated the role thriving has to play. Elite […]