by Josephine Perry | Dec 6, 2021 | Athlete Wellbeing, Media, Social media
A new piece of research (Towards a framework for flourishing through social media: a systematic review of 118 research studies) led by Maya Gudka at London Business School has just been published and it includes some really interesting findings as to how our use of...
by Josephine Perry | Nov 29, 2021 | Sports psych profession, Sports Psychology
It can be really hard to make a career in sport or performance psychology. It is expensive to train (I estimate it cost me at least £25,000) and difficult to know if there will be a job to go to or if you want to build your own business. I get dozens of emails asking...
by Josephine Perry | Nov 10, 2021 | Book reviews, Books
I love cycling: riding in races, training or commuting, watching it standing by the side of a road, somewhere muddy or at the track. I’m also passionate about women’s sport; how can we get more women active, enjoying the brilliant benefits of movement, community and...
by Josephine Perry | Nov 5, 2021 | Athlete Wellbeing, Sports Psychology, Support, Youth sport
I asked the parents of young athletes on twitter for their best advice for other parents. There were some brilliant messages summarised as… Let the coach, coach.Be the taxi, the finance, the kit washer, the refueller, the PA & the micro manager.Tell your children...
by Josephine Perry | Nov 2, 2021 | Athlete Wellbeing, Improve, Performance Psychology, Sports Psychology
A group of sport psychologists lead by David Eccles at Florida State Uni joined by those from the University of Amsterdam have recently collaborated on a paper looking at ways to help get athletes adequate mental rest. The paper is in the Journal of Sport Psychology...
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