by Podium Psychology | Aug 6, 2015 | Academic, Blog, Coaching Tips, Critical Thinking, In the News, Sport Psychology
This post will culminate my standpoint on steroid use and include what I learned from my MSc research. Taking any illegal or black market drug comes with certain risks. Research shows that what you buy is not what you get. Numerous studies evidence this risk (Kohler...
by Podium Psychology | Apr 16, 2015 | Blog, Coaching Tips, Sport Psychology
There are basic requirements for developing successful performances that every Coach Manager or Athlete needs to get right. Here are the basics we help develop. “Nobody cares what you know until, they know you care.” If you want your athlete or coach to...
by Podium Psychology | Jan 11, 2015 | Blog, Coaching Tips, Critical Thinking, Positive Psychology, Sport Psychology
Goal Setting is one of the commonly tools used in performance psychology. As such it is frequently bastardized and butchered. by every “guru” “motivational speaker” and unqualified person who wants to take your money and sell you the “secret to success”. Even...
by Podium Psychology | Apr 22, 2014 | Coaching Tips, Sport Psychology
(This article was written by Hugh J. Gilmore showing how applied Strength and Conditioning experience intertwines with the discipline of applied Sport Psychology) From our experience of working with athletes they are often underfunded, and under supported. Especially...
by Podium Psychology | Apr 4, 2014 | Academic, Coaching Tips, In the News, Sport Psychology
(This article written by Hannah McCormack Also appears in the popular Psychworks magizine.) Being positive is about much more than thinking you can achieve what you believe, at least according to Positive Psychology. Positive psychology is a movement that...
by Podium Psychology | Mar 16, 2014 | Academic, Coaching Tips, Sport Psychology
One of the most important roles of a coach is feedback. Feedback helps skill learning by effecting motivation. Today’s blog post hinges on the difference between the following two examples of feedback: You did really good You are really good The difference may appear...