Training Articles - Psychology
The Training articles and associated literature reviews are grouped under the following headings. To view the available material select the appropriate link.
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Articles - Psychology
- Controlling the Raging Monster Within
To control your emotions during competition you must do two tasks - have an accepting mindset before competition, and arm yourself with mental strategies to cope with errors or mishaps.
- Performing Under Pressure
The article considers what is pressure, how athletes experience it and how to manage pressure. When you understand "how" and "when" you feel pressure, you can use it to help you instead of work against you.
- Psychological Skills Training
A review of psychological skills training and the factors that can influence the benefits of such a program for an athlete
- It's all in the mind
A review of the techniques that will allow an athlete to relax and to focus their attention in a positive manner on the task of preparing for and participating in competition
- How your athletes can avoid
stress
If you are in a stressful situation then your athletic performance, whether this be in competition or in training, will be effected. Here are some tips on how to manage stress.
- When you can manage your emotions, you
can perform at your best
We know from countless studies that mental skills are acquirable and you can, with practice, learn to perform mentally. You can improve your confidence, concentration, motivation and anxiety levels if you chose to
- Mental Models - Noticing
distinctions
How Jonny Wilkinson uses an imaginary girl to stay focused on the rugby pitch and how we might acquire similar mental skills
- Time and its influence on
motivation
How an athlete's psychological relationship to time will influence their motivation
- Is "Achievement Goal Theory" reality or
just a myth
A resume of a MSc thesis, which investigates if achievement goal theory is based on fact or fiction
- What is the stimulus that gives rise to
a specific response?
How to build simple, powerful anchors for mental focus
- The psychological side of
injury
The emotional stages an athlete goes through when injured
- Wishing yourself a speedy recovery - the
value of the mind in body healing
It is clearly important to speed the recovery process as much as possible, and the evidence drawn on above suggests that hypnosis may be utilised as part of treatment during a recovery period
- Zen Mind, Sports Mind
How to achieve a state of peak performance where actions are automatic, intuitive and unconscious and where bursts of 'spontaneous excellence' occur naturally and effortlessly
- Taoist standing practice - for health,
strength and athletic development
A review of the Taoist standing practice and how it helps to strengthen the bones and tendons, increase core stability and develop a powerful competitive spirit
- Taoist standing practice - core
stability
A explanation of the advanced standing posture and its benefits for developing core stability, as well as a more competitive mindset
- Minding the injury
The four stages an injured athlete will go though on the road to recovery.
- Sports Psychology and Performance
Enhancement
How you and your team may benefit from the application of sports psychology
- How to be a champion in sport and
life
Three key points that will boost your workouts to Olympic training status
- Sports psychology guidelines for sports
parents
How parents can help make sport a successful and fun experience for young athletes
- Which sports seem to produce low
self-esteem?
Athletes who develop eating disorders are female, and these athletes are usually found in a fairly small number of sports, including gymnastics, cross-country, swimming, and track and field
- The power of thoughts
There is scientific proof that negative thinking does play a role in producing negative outcomes. If you do not believe it then try this experiment:
- Self-esteem in the athlete
Why athletes must learn to separate self-esteem from their level of performance in sports
- Golf - it's all in the swing and the
mind
How to prepare your annual golf training program and the benefits of including psychology training into the program
- Running Buddhas: Ultra-endurance and the
spiritual athlete
A look at the training the Japanese Marathon Monks of Mount Hiei undertake to perform such a feat of ultra-endurance and how you can apply some of their training to your own sport
- The Way of Energy and the Future of Performance Enhancement
A review of how the Eastern energy arts such as Chi Kung and T'ai Chi can have a positive impact on the four main areas of Sports Science - namely biomechanics, strength and conditioning, endurance and the mental game
Literature Reviews - Psychology
- Having a head for sport
- A terrifying performance
- Stay down to stay up?
- Mind over injury
- Physio-psycho-therapist!?
- Social dynamics support a successful athlete
- 'Mastery' coach is more effective
- Delivering skills
- Careless talk costs games!
- Pre-competition nerves are good if correctly focused
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