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22 two minute movements

22 two minute movements

by Josephine Perry | Mar 19, 2022 | Athlete Wellbeing, Exercise psychology

Years ago when I worked for a big health charity we commissioned some research from the London School of Economics to see how much exercise people were really doing each day. They found the average was 21 minutes a day. That was it. If you are reading this and have...

Latest research: Teenage girls, perfectionism and social media

by Josephine Perry | Jan 10, 2022 | Athlete Wellbeing, Media, Social media

I regularly work with teenage girls who have high levels of perfectionism (a trait where we have incredibly high standards and harsh self-criticism) and find this has become a double edged sword for them. On the one hand it means they set super high goals, they will...
27 free courses in sport, psychology and wellbeing

27 free courses in sport, psychology and wellbeing

by Josephine Perry | Dec 7, 2021 | Athlete Wellbeing, Exercise psychology, Motivation, News, Performance Psychology, Sports Psychology

Sport Psychology and coaching Exploring sport coaching and psychology Open University This looks at the influence of coaching and psychology through the lens of sports people and teams who have been successful. In it you focus on coaching practices used with young...
Four ways to use social media to boost wellbeing

Four ways to use social media to boost wellbeing

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...
Great advice from sporting parents – to sporting parents

Great advice from sporting parents – to sporting parents

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...
Mentally rest – perform better

Mentally rest – perform better

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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