by Josephine Perry | Nov 22, 2020 | Book reviews, Books, Goal setting, Motivation, Performance Psychology
I work a lot with teenage track runners and while many of the girls are inspired by Autobiographies by athletes like Kelly Holmes, Jess Ennis or Chrissie Wellington I struggled to find some that teenage boys felt they could really relate to. So a quick shout out on...
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...
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...
by Josephine Perry | Apr 17, 2020 | Performance Psychology, Podcasts, Sports psych profession, Sports Psychology
I love listening to podcasts to hear the stories of other sport psychs, to learn new techniques and skills, to build knowledge of new research and just for opening up my world. Here are a selection for those interested in sport psychology. If you have any other...
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...
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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