by Josephine Perry | Jun 9, 2018 | Book reviews, Books, Motivation, Performance Psychology, Sports Psychology
As soon as I opened Endure the green-eyed monster snuck out. This is absolutely the book I wish I’d written. If you are an endurance athlete, curious about how to go faster or longer Hutchinson has collated all the research that you should be relying upon. What he...
by Josephine Perry | May 31, 2018 | Book reviews, Books, Sports Psychology
Professor John Brewer is known as a go to guy for marathon running. He works at St Mary’s University in Twickenham where they have some fantastic running programmes (Mo Farah was a such a regular when he lived nearby they’ve named the track after him) and unusually...
by Josephine Perry | May 29, 2018 | Book reviews, Books, Motivation, Sports Psychology
My plan to read 25 sports books in 2018 is way behind schedule but one I managed to read in under 24 hours (to the joy of my little one who got to watch far too much CBeebies that day) was Irongran. I was involved in the early stages of the book and am quoted in it a...
by Josephine Perry | May 27, 2018 | Book reviews, Books, Support
Within my sport psychology practice I’m getting increasingly interested in how athletes can use mindfulness to become more aware of their thoughts. I’m not convinced meditation and mindfulness techniques as a whole work universally, and some of the research starting...
by Josephine Perry | Dec 27, 2017 | Book reviews, Books, Performance Psychology
Tim Ferris – known for the 4 hour work week recently wrote to a bunch of successful people he admired. He asked them 11 questions: What is the book or books you’ve given most as a gift and why? What purchase of...
by Josephine Perry | Nov 10, 2015 | Book reviews, Books, Performance Psychology, Sports Psychology
Great books on sports, psychology and performance. The Sports Gene – David Epstein – if you are in any way a sports and science geek this book has fantastic statistics, references really interesting research and includes interviews with some of the brightest brains in...
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