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 | Aug 12, 2022 | Book reviews, Books
I rarely review fiction as it doesn’t usually fit in the sport psychology genre. However, athletes struggle with mental health issues just as much as the rest of us so to find books that accurately describe psychological issues, portray and discuss them in a way that...
by Josephine Perry | Aug 4, 2022 | Book reviews, Books
To become a sport psychologist as an adult your first step is often taking a MSc Psychology conversion course. Essentially this involved taking the key undergrad modules in a year so that we have covered the basics. One of these modules was cognitive psychology. It...
by Josephine Perry | Aug 2, 2022 | Book reviews, Books
If you want nice, ‘easy to digest with lots of lightbulb moment’ performance psychology tweets, Steve Magness (@stevemagness) is the guy to follow. To get all the wisdom in one book he has just bought out ‘Do Hard Things’. I was a little wary from the title. As a...
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