Retirement – the reality! For many years, sport psychologists have referred to retirement from sport as a ‘transition’. However, Nesti and Littlewood (2010) argue that the term ‘transition’ suggests that such an event is smooth and easy to negotiate. Although there will be cases where this is in fact true, in reality, the experience of […]
The opening match of the Rugby league World Cup perfectly demonstrated the highly competitive nature of the sport, and there was certainly no love lost between Australia and England. England are looking to capitalise on being the host nation to help them win the World Cup for the first time as an individual country (with […]
How a team operates and performs has been a major talking point amongst psychologists for years. Putting together a successful team is a great challenge across all sports for coaches, managers and players. Sir Alex Ferguson has put together numerous teams during his time at Manchester United, many of which have been successful, but is […]