by Josephine Perry | Nov 14, 2022 | Athlete Wellbeing, Book reviews, Books
When I began looking into Sport Psychology in 2013 there were not many books on it to investigate. Over the last nine years probably hundreds have been published. Is there room for one more? What can yet another one add? In the case of Perform and Thrive from Sarah...
by Josephine Perry | Nov 2, 2022 | Book reviews, Books
I adore the psychology of cycling. I ride everywhere I can, offer a discounted rate to female pro cyclists (my tiny contribution to a massive gender imbalance in pay in the sport), write cycling psychology features for Cycling Weekly and I truly enjoy helping cyclists...
by Josephine Perry | Nov 2, 2022 | Book reviews, Books
You can spot a qualified sport psychologist by the look of despair which sweeps across their face when an athlete mentions the 10,000 hour rule as a reason for overtraining. “It is not a rule” we will shout. It is 4,000-16,000 hours (10,000 plus or minus 6,000) and it...
by Josephine Perry | Nov 2, 2022 | Book reviews, Books
Occasionally non-fiction books seem to take off and become talked about even though you are not sure why. A few years ago it felt like it was all about Matthew Walker’s Why We Sleep, before that it was Steve Peter’s Chimp Paradox, and much further back was Eat, Shoots...
by Josephine Perry | Sep 14, 2022 | Book reviews, Support
Working as a psychologist with high performers I regularly see clients with ADHD. Sometimes diagnosed but also, as wait times for adult diagnosis can be very long or very expensive, suspected. I find even if someone just suspects they may have it then it can be...
by Josephine Perry | Aug 27, 2022 | Book reviews, Performance Psychology, Support
As a runner that likes running a short distance over nice flat tarmac, Where There’s a Hill, Sabrina Verjee’s book about her four attempts at running the Wainwrights (214 hills covering 325 miles and 36,000 metres of assent in the Lake District) probably doesn’t sound...
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