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Effective Goal Setting for Sports Performance

Posted Mon May 14 2007 7:06 AM by robrobson | 20356 Views | Permalink | Comments (4) | Read

Tags: achievement, business psychology, confidence, focus, goal setting, goals, mental skills, motivation, olympics, performance, physical, process goals, psychological, smart goals, smart, sport psychology, sports, success, tactical, technical

When it Comes to Corporate Partnerships, FC Barcelona is "Best in Class"

Posted Tue Jan 6 2009 5:56 PM by Bgdevils | 18242 Views | Permalink | Comments (0) | Read

Tags: fc barcelona branding, fc barcelona marketing, fc barcelona nike, fc barcelona sponsorship, football sponsorship, nike football, nike sponsorship, soccer sponsorship

What is mental toughness, and how does it relate to motivation?

Posted Wed Oct 31 2007 1:05 PM by robrobson | 12340 Views | Permalink | Comments (8) | Read

Tags: 8 rooms, , business psychology, composure, focus, mental toughness, motivation, motivational richness, motivational versatility, pressure, resilience, reversal theory, self-belief, sport psychology, sports performance, sports psychology

Life after sport? Counseling Professional Athletes Facing Retirement

Posted Fri Jun 6 2008 12:12 AM by peterdanton | 10417 Views | Permalink | Comments (2) | Read

Tags: athlete, career, counseling, counselling, insep, psychology, retirement, social support, sport, transition

Motivational Styles, Anxiety and Sports Performance: A Case Study from Youth Football (Soccer)

Posted Sat May 5 2007 3:17 PM in

by robrobson | 8430 Views | Permalink | Comments (1) | Read

Tags: anxiety, arousal, case study, coping, emotions, focus, football, mental skills, motivation, nerves, performance, psychology, reversal theory, soccer, stress, youth sport

The Importance of Dreams: The Resonance Performance Model

Posted Sun May 6 2007 8:21 AM by robrobson | 5917 Views | Permalink | Comments (3) | Read

Tags: achievement, dreams, emotions, goal setting, goals, inspiration, mental skills, motivation, newburg, performance, positive psychology, resonance performance model, resonance, sport psychology, sports, values

Communication Skills for Athletes: Giving Feedback

Posted Sun May 6 2007 10:38 AM by robrobson | 5620 Views | Permalink | Comments (3) | Read

Tags: business psychology, coaching, communication skills, communication, feedback, mental skills, relationships, sport psychology, team spirit

Competition Preparation for Sports Performance

Posted Sun May 6 2007 9:09 AM by robrobson | 4447 Views | Permalink | Comments (0) | Read

Tags: focus, imagery, mental preparation, mental rehearsal, mental skills, planning, practice, pre-competition, preparation, process goals, routine, sport psychology, sports performance

What is Exercise Science?

Posted Fri May 9 2008 4:49 AM by istadia | 4441 Views | Permalink | Comments (0) | Read

Tags: bases, epidemiology, evidence-based practice, exercise science, hapiness, health enhancing physical activity, hepa, physiology, psychology, research, sport science, theory, wellbeing

Motor Sport Psychology - Fear of Failure or Need to Achieve?

Posted Mon Feb 11 2008 4:06 AM by Sun1400 | 3829 Views | Permalink | Comments (0) | Read

Tags: f1, motor sport psychology, mx2, sun1400

How much food should eat in a meal?......

Posted Thu Aug 30 2007 7:13 AM by wilsonbd79 | 3717 Views | Permalink | Comments (2) | Read

Tags: , how much food to eat, ideal fuel mix, metabolic type, metabolic typing, nutrition for optimal performance, nutrition, sports nutrition

Sport Aesthetic

Posted Wed Jul 23 2008 7:34 AM by Tefcdef | 3656 Views | Permalink | Comments (0) | Read

Tags: aesthetic sport, aesthetic, beauty, boccia, goalball, handicap, paralympic sports, philosophy of sport, wheelchair

When to Apply Hot or Cold Therapy to an Injury

Posted Thu Jun 19 2008 4:18 AM by Amymcw | 3591 Views | Permalink | Comments (0) | Read

Tags: , cold therapy, cryotherapy, heat therapy, injury, muscle sprain, rehabilitation

Intro to Reversal Theory

Posted Thu May 31 2007 9:24 AM in

by robrobson | 3533 Views | Permalink | Comments (1) | Read

Tags: achievement, anger, anxiety, emotions, exercise, mindset, motivation, performance, personality, psychology, reversal theory, sports psychology, states

LIFE AFTER FOOTBALL? Two approaches to helping players in retirement - England and France

Posted Wed Jun 18 2008 1:01 AM by peterdanton | 3069 Views | Permalink | Comments (3) | Read

Tags: counselling, england, football, france, retirement, soccer, sport

Post-Competition Review

Posted Sun May 6 2007 8:38 AM by robrobson | 2817 Views | Permalink | Comments (1) | Read

Tags: assessing performance, coaching, competition review, confidence, feedback, learning, measurement, mental rehearsal, mental skills, motivation, preparation, professional, race, reflection, review performance, sport psychology, sports, swimmers

Rugby fitness training: A scientific approach

Posted Thu May 31 2007 8:55 AM by wilsonbd79 | 2678 Views | Permalink | Comments (2) | Read

Tags: , eft, metabolic typing, periodization, rugby coach, rugby fitness training, rugby fitness, rugby performance, rugby periodization, rugby, sports nutrition, sports psychology

Aptitude + Attitude = Altitude

Posted Thu Jul 3 2008 2:14 AM by GAINMOREGolf | 2551 Views | Permalink | Comments (0) | Read

Tags: altitude, aptitude, attitude, golf, leadership, resilience, tiger woods

Sales & Marketing - a Basic Introduction

Posted Fri Jun 13 2008 7:59 AM in

by keithirving | 2449 Views | Permalink | Comments (0) | Read

Tags: advertising, branding, database marketing, event organization, experiential marketing, fitness and exercise sectors, internet marketing, marketing in sport, pr, public relations, reverse selling, sales in sport, solution selling, spin selling, strategic selling, word of mouth

Sports Drink Recipes

Posted Thu Aug 30 2007 5:08 PM by Yongjiet | 2338 Views | Permalink | Comments (0) | Read

Tags: nutrition, sports drink

When a sports psychologist with clinical training might be able to help

Posted Mon Jan 21 2008 11:13 AM by VictorThomps | 1916 Views | Permalink | Comments (1) | Read

Tags: anger, anxiety, athlete, clinical sport psychologist, clinical sports psychology, clinical, depression, eating disorder, exercise addiction, help, london, psychologist, psychology, referral, rehabilitation, sport

Professional Networking and Continuing Professional Development (CPD)

Posted Thu May 22 2008 12:53 PM by robrobson | 1818 Views | Permalink | Comments (1) | Read

Tags: articles, blogging, blogs, community, competencies, continuous professional development, cpd, exercise, fitness, istadia, knowledge sharing, networking, reflective practice, skills, social, sports

I am never hungry - What does this mean?

Posted Fri Aug 24 2007 12:51 AM by wilsonbd79 | 1812 Views | Permalink | Comments (0) | Read

Tags: hunger, low appetitie, metabolic typing, not hungry

Real Interval Training

Posted Thu Jan 22 2009 10:31 AM by ShadowFit | 1719 Views | Permalink | Comments (0) | Read

Tags: exercise, high intensity interval training, increased cardiovascular endurance, interval training, medicine ball, strength training, treadmill, vo2, weight loss

Have I got the Yips?

Posted Tue May 6 2008 2:45 PM by alastaireg | 1710 Views | Permalink | Comments (0) | Read

Tags: , golf, handicap, performance, putting, short game, yips

The role of strapping and taping

Posted Fri Feb 22 2008 4:20 AM by Amymcw | 1640 Views | Permalink | Comments (0) | Read

Tags: athletic tape, injury strapping, rehabilitation, strapping, taping

The Use of Social Networking within the Sport and Exercise Sciences

Posted Tue Nov 25 2008 9:55 AM by keithirving | 1546 Views | Permalink | Comments (12) | Read

Tags: business networking, contact networking, creative industries journal, emklondon, james beale, keith irving, london journal of tourism sport and creative industries, paul kitchin, professional networking, social networking, sport journal, tourism journal, use of social networking in sport and exercise sciences

Can you be too mentally tough? If so, what can you do about it?

Posted Sun Apr 6 2008 9:47 AM by VictorThomps | 1506 Views | Permalink | Comments (2) | Read

Tags: endurance, injury, mental toughness, mentally tough, over-training, overtraining, risk, sports psychologist, triathlon, victor thompson, www.sportspsychologist.co.uk

10 most common mistakes in the gym - Part 2

Posted Fri Aug 24 2007 1:25 AM by wilsonbd79 | 1478 Views | Permalink | Comments (0) | Read

Tags: , gym errors, gym mistakes, periodization

Social Networking: why it is special and why it should be of interest to you

Posted Thu Jun 28 2007 3:34 AM in

by keithirving | 1463 Views | Permalink | Comments (2) | Read

Tags: coaching, collaborative filtering technologies, digg, facebook, flickr, google ranking, lawyer in sport, motivation, motivational music, myspace, networking, performance psychology, social networking, sport business, sport psychology, sport science, videoconferencing, youtube

Your body shape and what it means for weight loss

Posted Fri Aug 24 2007 1:22 AM by wilsonbd79 | 1457 Views | Permalink | Comments (0) | Read

Tags: , adrenals, body shape, endocrine type, fast loss, fat stroing foods, gonad, ovaries, pitutiary, thyroid, weight loss

Fear of Failure and Coping Strategies in Youth Football

Posted Mon Sep 29 2008 5:07 AM by BradleyB | 1450 Views | Permalink | Comments (0) | Read

Tags: applied sport psychology, coping, failure, fear of failure, football, success, youth

Importance of Eccentric Training

Posted Fri Dec 12 2008 2:41 PM by ShadowFit | 1445 Views | Permalink | Comments (0) | Read

Tags: 1rm, , eccentric training, fitness, max strength, power, strength

THE IMPACT OF ADVENTURE-BASED TRAINING ON TEAM COHESION AND PSYCHOLOGICAL SKILLS DEVELOPMENT IN ELITE SPORTING TEAMS

Posted Mon Jun 18 2007 1:57 PM by ianboyle | 1393 Views | Permalink | Comments (0) | Read

Tags: adventure based training, dr ian boyle, facilitation, ian boyle, mental skills for sport, mental skills training, outdoor education, psychological skills for sport, psychological skills training and athletes, psychological skills training, research, sport psychology

Your Body Hates Weight Training

Posted Tue Jan 6 2009 7:16 PM by ShadowFit | 1393 Views | Permalink | Comments (0) | Read

Tags: fish oils, fitness, glycogen, homeostasis, protein shakes, repetitions, stress, vitamins, weight training

Catching a ‘sliding’ athlete in your clinic: helping an athlete adjust to their injury

Posted Wed Jan 23 2008 5:15 AM by VictorThomps | 1390 Views | Permalink | Comments (0) | Read

Tags: adjustment, anger, clinic, clinical, coach, coping, depression, goal, help, injury, manager, physio, psychological help, psychologist, psychology of injury, rehab, setback, sport, sports

7 Factors to Overcome for Successful Athlete Transition

Posted Fri Feb 27 2009 4:48 PM by annetteffect | 1369 Views | Permalink | Comments (0) | Read

Tags: athlete transition, career transition, coach, goal setting, human need, identify, life after sport, mentor, mindset, new resources, retired athletes, self-belief, significance, support, teamwork

Learning agility and your potential

Posted Fri Jan 2 2009 6:27 PM by GAINMOREGolf | 1348 Views | Permalink | Comments (0) | Read

Tags: advantage, agility, gainmore, learning, performance, potential, review

Top 4 Sports Drinks

Posted Fri Aug 3 2007 5:39 PM by Yongjiet | 1243 Views | Permalink | Comments (0) | Read

Tags: nutrition, sports drink

Tour de France Drugs Cheats: Why do they do it?

Posted Sat Jul 28 2007 9:35 AM by VictorThomps | 1236 Views | Permalink | Comments (2) | Read

Tags: , cycling, drug cheats, drug decisions, drugs, psychology comment, tour de france

At the Top of their Game - in Sports Law

Posted Mon Dec 22 2008 3:46 AM by keithirving | 1193 Views | Permalink | Comments (0) | Read

Tags: at the top of their game, business, career in sports law, chris evert, gilien silsby, gould school of law, ilie nastase, jerry buss, jim perzik, kobe bryant, los angeles lakers, magic johnson, maria iacobo, shaquille oneal, sports law, university of southern california, usc

Effective use of Keywords

Posted Thu Sep 6 2007 6:09 AM by robrobson | 1181 Views | Permalink | Comments (2) | Read

Tags: backlinks, google, istadia, keywords, optimisation, ranking, search engines, seo, tags

Chocolate Milk -- the New Sports Drink ?

Posted Sun Jul 29 2007 7:40 PM by Yongjiet | 1178 Views | Permalink | Comments (2) | Read

Tags: nutrition

Motor Sport Psychology - Seven key steps to making sport psychology help you go faster

Posted Sun Mar 2 2008 3:52 AM by Sun1400 | 1168 Views | Permalink | Comments (0) | Read

Tags: faster, mike garth, mindset for racing, motor sport psychology, motor sport, sport psychology, sun1400

10 Great Goal-Setting Tips

Posted Sun Apr 13 2008 8:07 AM by sammyk | 1161 Views | Permalink | Comments (0) | Read

Tags: , bristol, coaching, confidence, executive coaching, fitness, focus, goal-setting, mental, mind, mindsport, motivation, sport psychology

“I Think Therefore I am”… a Great Golfer?!

Posted Tue Apr 8 2008 8:07 PM by VickiSportPsych | 1143 Views | Permalink | Comments (0) | Read

Tags: , flow, golf coaches, golf performance, golf psychology, improve golf, improve mental game, new zealand golf magazine, paralysis by analysis, perfect swing, play better, think better, thinking and playing, vicki aitken

Creating a winning buzz in the dressing room

Posted Tue Feb 5 2008 7:18 AM by sammyk | 1130 Views | Permalink | Comments (0) | Read

Tags: , confidence, focus, mindsport, motivation, nlp, seminars, sport psychology, team cohesion, training

10 reasons to smile

Posted Sat Apr 4 2009 9:58 AM in

by sammyk | 1090 Views | Permalink | Comments (1) | Read

Tags: , happiness, keep britain smiling, recession, stress

This is your brain in the gym: physical education and cognitive outcomes

Posted Sat Jul 25 2009 10:20 PM by Bailey1966 | 1084 Views | Permalink | Comments (0) | Read

Tags: brain, cognition, cognitive, education, learning, pe, physical education, sport

10 most common mistakes in the gym - Part 1

Posted Fri Aug 24 2007 1:24 AM by wilsonbd79 | 1069 Views | Permalink | Comments (0) | Read

Tags: fitness errors, fitness mistakes, fitness training, gym

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