by Josephine Perry | Feb 19, 2020 | Confidence, Motivation, Performance Psychology, Project Paris, Sports Psychology, Support
A good week for training. Started badly though. Went for a run and after 25 minutes felt dizzy and blugh. Did another 5 minutes but no better so turned round and headed back. Next day’s intervals not much better. But a swim on the Thursday was pretty magic. My coach...
by Josephine Perry | Feb 12, 2020 | Improve, Motivation, Performance Psychology, Project Paris, Sports Psychology
Last week’s training went ok – I’m not great on sticking to paces outside so when one of my sessions called for different paces throughout I thought I should do it on the treadmill. We have a treadmill in the garage so at least I didn’t need to fight to be...
by Josephine Perry | Feb 4, 2020 | Athlete Wellbeing, Goal setting, Motivation, Performance Psychology, Project Paris, Sports Psychology
Another green week. :0) I’ve now hit my goal of four green weeks. Some of this is more focus and effort on my part – some of this is down to working more closely with my coach so the training which goes in matches my workload better – giving me fewer excuses. I...
by Josephine Perry | Jan 26, 2020 | Goal setting, Improve, Performance Psychology, Project Paris, Sports Psychology
I knew on Monday this week would not be a ‘green’ week as coughing and sneezing flew around everyone in our house. I have asthma and every cold turns into a chest infection (if I’m lucky) or sinusitis (if I’m unlucky) so I try to be really gentle with myself when a...
by Josephine Perry | Dec 30, 2019 | Goal setting, Motivation, News, Performance Psychology, Sports Psychology
I ran my first marathon in 2004. I’ve run one most years since then. But I’m not convinced I’ve ever really tried to run one properly. In fact, I’m pretty sure I haven’t because while being a sport psychologist is fantastic for helping you understand how you can...
by Josephine Perry | Feb 21, 2019 | Sports psych profession, Sports Psychology
An advert went out last week from British Gymnastics and the English Institute of Sport (EIS) offering a year 2 trainee Sport Psychologist an amazing opportunity. Working with elite athletes offering both individual sessions and workshops. A great way to build your...
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