by Josephine Perry | Mar 24, 2019 | Improve
A month before…. Confidence Jar To counter our negativity bias – where we give our negative traits greater weight in our evaluations than our positive ones we need regular reminders of our efforts and achievements. One way to do this is to record all our...
by Josephine Perry | Feb 21, 2019 | Sports psych profession, Sports Psychology
An advert went out last week from British Gymnastics and the English Institute of Sport (EIS) offering a year 2 trainee Sport Psychologist an amazing opportunity. Working with elite athletes offering both individual sessions and workshops. A great way to build your...
by Josephine Perry | Jan 1, 2019 | Athlete Stories, Performance Psychology
Denise Mueller-Korenek is a 45 year old American cyclist who in 2018 set the world record for paced bicycle land speed going 183.9 miles per hour. 16 miles per hour faster than any male or female has ever gone before. She also exudes enthusiasm and ‘an do’...
by Josephine Perry | Dec 19, 2018 | Confidence
I write and talk a lot about confidence – it is one of the main reasons athletes come to see me. I will often explain that from my reading of the sport psychology literature in confidence I’ve identified 12 main sources: Previous performances and skills mastered...
by Josephine Perry | Aug 27, 2018 | Athlete Stories, Motivation, Performance Psychology, Sports Psychology
Cyclist Kristin Armstrong won three Olympic Gold medals in the Time Trial in Beijing 2008, London 2012 and Rio 2016. After each Olympic Games she retired but came back 18 months before the next Olympics. Performance in Mind chatted to Kristin about her drive to keep...
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