by Josephine Perry | Apr 11, 2016 | Confidence, Goal setting, Motivation, Sports Psychology
I recently asked a group of marathon runners at a Performance In Mind talk about their mantras. My supervisor, who was watching, pointed out afterwards that ‘mantra’ isn’t a word that lives in everyone’s day to day dictionary. He had a point! Though the idea of them...
by Josephine Perry | Mar 8, 2016 | Athlete Wellbeing, Performance Psychology, Sports Psychology
Sleep is one of the most important performance enhancement tools you have in your tool kit. It can make you happier, faster, less likely to get ill or injured and helps you fully memorize any mental or physical actions you have been learning over the day. But sleeping...
by Josephine Perry | Mar 7, 2016 | Improve, Motivation, Performance Psychology, Sports Psychology
As we hit the beginning of race season for endurance athletes, twitter and facebook are filled with photos of bikes perched at the top of big climbs, selfies of muddy trainers and Garmins at the end of 20 mile runs and those lucky enough to be on international camps...
by Josephine Perry | Jan 24, 2016 | Athlete Stories, Goal setting, Performance Psychology, Sports Psychology
Photo credit: Susanne Hakuba Dr Edwina Brocklesby (or Eddie as she is known) is 72. She is possibly the best advert there can be for the benefits of staying active as you age. Having started exercising aged 50 she has since run dozens of half marathons and marathons,...
by Josephine Perry | Jan 17, 2016 | Confidence, Sports Psychology
In researching for an Athletics Weekly piece recently on the charms and superstitions used by athletes (you can read the piece here – it includes all the reasons why athletes may have superstitions and if they work or not) I came across so many superstitions reported...
by Josephine Perry | Dec 28, 2015 | Nerves and emotions, Sports Psychology
Choking in sport is horrible for an athlete. An element of choking is known as The Yips. This is a psycho-neuromuscular disorder, which affects sports where fine motor precision skills are required for success, such as Tennis, Archery and Golf. The yips can cause an...
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