Coping with emotions
Emotions such as fear, anxiety, stress, motivation, can have a massive impact on your training and racing capabilities. In this section, you’ll find information on how to manage these emotions and harness them to maximum effect.
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Professor Costas Karageorghis and David-Lee Priest explore the anxiety-performance relationship and how its management impacts sporting contests MORE
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Eating disorders are common in athletes; how do they change over time and do the risks diminish when athletes retire from competition? MORE
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Can psychological stress be a significant risk factor for injury risk? Sports Performance Bulletin looks at some fascinating research MORE
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Sports Performance Bulletin looks at some new research suggesting that anger can be harnessed as a useful emotion to enhance sport performance MORE
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Olympian medalist Dr Cath Bishop explores the potential pitfalls of a ‘it’s the winning that counts’’ mindset, and suggests a superior and more holistic approach to competition MORE
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Dr Adam Nicholls explores research on the way athletes interpret stressful situations, and the resulting impact on performance and psychological well-being MORE
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Josephine Perry provides four key strategies for developing mental robustness in athletes MORE
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Adam Nicholls explains the upsides and downsides of perfectionism, and how to manage perfectionism to maximise performance MORE
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Returning to training and competing after a long layoff can be an anxious experience. Adam Nicholls provides you with a number of psychological strategies to make your return to sport much less daunting MORE
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Dr Josephine Perry explains how athletes can harness pre-race tension to enhance their racing performance MORE