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Great advice from sporting parents – to sporting parents

Great advice from sporting parents – to sporting parents

by Josephine Perry | Nov 5, 2021 | Athlete Wellbeing, Sports Psychology, Support, Youth sport

I asked the parents of young athletes on twitter for their best advice for other parents. There were some brilliant messages summarised as… Let the coach, coach.Be the taxi, the finance, the kit washer, the refueller, the PA & the micro manager.Tell your children...
Mentally rest – perform better

Mentally rest – perform better

by Josephine Perry | Nov 2, 2021 | Athlete Wellbeing, Improve, Performance Psychology, Sports Psychology

A group of sport psychologists lead by David Eccles at Florida State Uni joined by those from the University of Amsterdam have recently collaborated on a paper looking at ways to help get athletes adequate mental rest.  The paper is in the Journal of Sport Psychology...

What stresses sports parents…

by Josephine Perry | Oct 30, 2021 | Athlete Wellbeing, Sports Psychology, Support, Youth sport

As the mum of a 5-year-old I’ve yet to experience the stresses and worries of seeing my child try to perform well in sport. But I have heard stories – oh so many stories about the nightmare parents who shout abuse at opponents (or even at their own kids), fight the...

The 10 Pillars of Success

by Josephine Perry | Oct 11, 2021 | News, Performance Psychology, Sports Psychology, Uncategorized

Sport psychologist Dr Josephine Perry spends her life working with exceptional performers. She has identified ten psychological pillars that the ultra-successful have ingrained within their approach. And the good news is that we can all learn these mental building...

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...
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