by Josephine Perry | Dec 20, 2017 | Athlete Stories, Goal setting, Motivation, Performance Psychology, Sports Psychology
A few weeks ago I got the chance to interview the freestyle mountain biker, Matt Jones. I work with lots of cyclists but none of them are yet doing the kind of tricks that Matt routinely fits into his rides and I was fascinated to find out how he approaches...
by Josephine Perry | Dec 13, 2017 | Goal setting, Motivation, Nerves and emotions
We so often talk about positive or negative thoughts. And much of the work from a cognitive behavioural perspective (that many sport psychologists work from) pushes the idea of identifying and then reframing our negative thoughts into more positive ones. This can be...
by Josephine Perry | Dec 7, 2017 | Exercise Addiction
I have been working on a piece of research over the last year to try to see if there are any links between the amount of fitness technologies athletes use and their risk of exercise addiction. I am presenting the findings at the annual conference for Sport...
by Josephine Perry | Nov 22, 2017 | Sports psych profession, Sports Psychology
I get at least a couple of emails each month asking how to get into sports psychology and whether I can offer work experience. I also give quite a few talks to sports science students in schools on what sport psychology involves. While I love chatting directly (and am...
by Josephine Perry | Nov 22, 2017 | Improve
Most athletes in individual sports have now finished their seasons and many have had a training break too. Now comes winter training, which can feel a bit daunting when you don’t have anything in the near future to focus on. A great activity to do during this...
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