What is Mental Skills Training?
July 20, 2018
Mental skills training is used to promote performance and well-being in sport and life.
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Tag: sport psychology
Easy ways to support image generation
June 2, 2016
Imagery is considered by many to be a core mental technique and a favourite topic in sport psychology text books. We know that athletes, dancers, and exercisers use it in a range of situations to achieve different kinds of benefits. There is also ample evidence to make a convincing case that imagery will directly improve … More Easy ways to support image generation
Improving your ability to image in layers
January 28, 2016
Imagery is considered by most sport psychologists as an important technique for athletes and coaches to master. So why are there so few established training methods to improve imagery ability? Imagery ability is a skill, and like any other skill, can be improved by practice. In this blog, I will summarize a study we conducted which … More Improving your ability to image in layers
A sport psychologist’s guide for helping athletes develop better self-awareness
April 10, 2015
Self-awareness is fundamental to the success of sport psychology interventions and a quality associated with both developing and performance excellence. It can help athletes to build self-confidence and self-esteem, take more responsibility for their actions, as well as make better decisions. As such, self-awareness is not only vital for sporting success but many other aspects of … More A sport psychologist’s guide for helping athletes develop better self-awareness
Why Sport and Exercise Psychology researchers should start using video abstracts
March 4, 2015
My last post focused on how sport and exercise psychology researchers can use blogging and networks such as Twitter or MiniManuscripts to develop an online profile and easily share information. In part of two of this series, I explore video abstracts as a way to share your research and call on journal editors and conference organizers within our field … More Why Sport and Exercise Psychology researchers should start using video abstracts
Three ways to get your research noticed
February 24, 2015
Long gone are the days when sport and exercise psychology researchers could simply present their work to other like-minded colleagues at society meetings/conferences and dissemination ended when a paper was a paper was published paper in a peer-reviewed journals. Traditional routes of dissemination has meant that our research has only been heard or read by … More Three ways to get your research noticed
Dr Jenn Cumming 