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 | Dec 13, 2014 | Sport Psychology
The term mental toughness has plagued sport for a number of years. It panders to the macho realm of sport, where the performance of one person dominates another. I have heard of mental toughness being applied to swimming, rugby, running, cricket, combat sports,...
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...
by Podium Psychology | Feb 21, 2014 | Academic, Sport Psychology
As applied practitioners of Sport Psychology we are continually updating our knowledge. This is a review from Hannah McCormack which also appears in the popular Psychworks magazine. On Friday 24th of January, as part of the All Ireland Post Graduate Conference in...
