Rob Robson, Business and Sport Psychologist
Developing Engagement, Change and Performance
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Sport Psychology Articles
Effective Goal Setting
Goal Setting has become a mainstream activity in business and sport, yet while ‘good’ goals improve focus, persistence, confidence and performance, poorly set goals can create anxiety or lower performance. This article will tell you how to make the right choices or go about the process in the best possible way.
Communications Skills for Athletes: Feedback
Communication is a skill that is often overlooked. Indeed, when we are in the presence of others we are constantly communicating, whether we like it or not. What we don’t say often says more than what we do say, and we sometimes say one thing and mean another
What is Mental Toughness and How Does it Relate to Motivation?
Is mental toughness a resilient state of mind, or is a number of states – and about being in the right state at the right time?
The Importance of Dreams
Dreams (or daydreams, if you prefer) play an important role in sport and life, providing a vision of the future to inspire, motivate and even plan.
Post-Competition Review
When is the best time to review your performance, and how should you go about it to gain maximum benefit?
Motivational Styles, Anxiety and Sports Performance: A Case Study from Youth Football (Soccer)
What makes a young footballer suffer from anxiety that is severe enough to make him feel physically sick before and during games? That’s the issue that I had to try and resolve in this case.
Can too much mental toughness be a bad thing?
Encouragement in the media and sporting contexts to show mental toughness, hanging in there, show grit, dogged determination...is common. But is this always a good thing?
Golf: Have I got the Yips?
In the golf world, the 'yips' can be used to describe any kind of loss of putting form but amongst golf coaching professionals, it is normally reserved for a serious breakdown in the psycho-neuro-muscular process of hitting the ball at all.
I think, therefore I am.. ..a great golfer?
It was Descartes who coined the phrase “I think therefore I am” and when it comes to golf, or any sport for that matter it’s as if many of us believe that because we are reasonably smart and intelligent it will help make us a better golfer. I’d argue that it can often get in our way.
Life After Sport: Counseling Atheletes Facing Retirement
Peter-Danton de Rouffignac is a sports counsellor specialising in sports retirement and has researched many of the issues raised in this article, in association with INSEP, the French national sports training centre.
When a clinical sports psychologist might be able to help
As sport psychology generally deals with performance issues, very few sport psychologists in the UK are trained clinical psychologists too. Most of the time, that's fine, but sometimes athletes need clinical support too, for example in dealing with eating disorders, relationship breakdown, or acute stress or anxiety.
Other Sport and Exercise Articles
Social Networking and Continuing Professional Development in Sport
Are professional networking sites a waste of time for sport & exercise professionals or a valuable professional development resource? It's up to you...
What is Exercise Science?
Exercise Science is a theory-based, research-led discipline that seeks applied solutions to health problems related to physical inactivity.
Business Articles
Thinking differently about motivation
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Mental Skills for Competitive Athletes5 Essential Mental Skills for Sport
Mental Skills for Young Athletes
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