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11 tools for athletes to build mental fitness over lockdown

by Josephine Perry | Nov 5, 2020 | Athlete Wellbeing, Goal setting, Motivation, Performance Psychology, Sports Psychology

At the start of lockdown2 (November 2020) in the UK, Performance in Mind ran some free workshops to teach some tools and techniques that will help us cope better in lockdown and be able to come back to our sport stronger. In January 2021 when the UK went into...

10 tips for running a virtual marathon

by Josephine Perry | Sep 29, 2020 | Motivation, News, Performance Psychology, Sports Psychology

Come Sunday morning there will be a few dozen elite athletes preparing to run 19.8 laps of St James’ Park and 45,000 everyday runners from all over the world, heading off to run their own version of the London Marathon. I have a mixture of excitement and nerves about...

Locked down running… Head space…Heart space

by Josephine Perry | Jun 14, 2020 | Bounce Back, Exercise psychology, Goal setting, Motivation, Project Paris

I’ve not blogged in what feels like forever – basically since April. I have an inbox full of blog ideas I’ve sent myself to work on and they sit there glaring at me – guilt seeping off the screen but, you know, lockdown. But someone put a comment on the posts about...

Free courses in sport, exercise & psychology

by Josephine Perry | Apr 13, 2020 | Improve, Motivation, Performance Psychology, Sports Psychology

When I was a trainee I was also a new mum. I needed to do as much of my learning and development as I could online while my daughter slept. I found some really valuable courses which were completely free. With the lockdown meaning work is quieter than normal...

Interview with Counselling Psychologist Dr Natalie Raiher

by Josephine Perry | Apr 5, 2020 | Motivation, News, Support

When we know athletes are about to have a tricky time; a training camp they need to go on with team mates they dislike, a really hard period of training focusing on a skill they are currently weak in, the biggest competition of their year that is fuelled with...

Advice from Dr Tim Rogers on how athletes can cope during the Coronavirus changes

by Josephine Perry | Mar 28, 2020 | Motivation, News, Performance Psychology, Support

I remember interviewing Dame Sarah Storey and asking her if she’d ever used Imagery. She said she uses it all the time; but whilst on the bike, visualising the events going on around her. Never lying on a dusty floor being talked at. She couldn’t see the value in...
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