The Performance Psychcast

Hi everyone, and welcome to another episode of the Performance Psychcast. Today we are very fortunate to be speaking with not just one guest, but four! We have with us today, Professor Brendan Cropley, Professor Zoe Knowles, Dr Andy Miles and Dr Emma Huntley!  Today we will be discussing their latest book which is a 2nd edition and is titled Reflective Practice in the sport and exercise science. Which includes critical perspectives, pedagogy and applied case studies and it is an excellent read!  Brendan Cropley, PhD, FBASES, is Professor of Sport Coaching in the Faculty of Life Sciences and Education at the University of South Wales. He is also Head of the Centre for Football Research in Wales, and the Coaching Science Research Steering Group Lead for the Welsh Institute of Performance Science. Zoe Knowles, PhD, FBASES, is Professor of Engagement and Learning at Liverpool John Moores University. Zoe is Strategic Lead for External Engagement in the School of Sport and Exercise Sciences. Zoe is also a HCPC Registered Practitioner Psychologist. Andy Miles, PhD, FBASES, is a part-time Principal Lecturer in the School of Sport and Health Sciences at Cardiff Metropolitan University where he previously managed the School's enterprise activities. He continues to engage with a wide range of stakeholders through his own education and training company, which provides products and services to a variety of sectors including sport, the military, the NHS, and the private sector. Emma Huntley, PhD, is a Senior Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Psychology and Member of the Sport and Exercise Science Team in the Department of Sport and Physical Activity at Edge Hill University. She is a British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences Accredited Practitioner. https://www.routledge.com/Reflective-Practice-in-the-Sport-and-Exercise-Sciences-Critical-Perspectives/Cropley-Knowles-Miles-Huntley/p/book/9781032056944  https://www.linkedin.com/in/professor-brendan-cropley-64220048 - Professor Brendan Cropley  https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-andy-miles-41633163 - Dr Andy Miles  https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-emma-huntley-59046651 - Dr Emma Huntley  https://twitter.com/spexpsych?s=21&t=PzxOOVXwQNXq8vmIVQ_W3w - Professor Zoe Knowles  www.arcope.co.uk  www.focuperform.co.uk  www.sportingbounce.com  The online directory of sport performance specialists. Sportingbounce helps connect specialists in sport psychology, nutrition, sports massage, injury rehabilitation, coaching, and fitness training s with clients. With a daily spend on Google Adwords, social media advertising, and excellent organic rankings on search engines your business will get found on sporting bounce. Visit sportingbounce.com to find out how sporting bounce can help you. Don’t forget that listeners of this podcast can get 50% off the Premium membership package by entering the code performance, that’s “PERFORMANCE” meaning you get the best possible coverage for less than 20 pence a day!     

Hi everyone and welcome to another episode of the Performance Psychcast. Today we are very fortunate to be speaking with Professor Adam Nicholls.  Adam is a professor of psychology at Hull University. His main focus of his research relates to the psycho-social factors that predict doping among adolescent athletes, along with coping and emotions among athletes. His research is supported by more than £1.1 million as a principal investigator and £1.5 million including all projects. He has published more than 85 journal articles and written three books. His book, Psychology for Coaches: Theory and Practice has also been translated into Arabic and Hungarian. In addition to pursuing his own research interests, Adam is the leader of the Sport Psychology and Coaching group. This role involves him developing a research strategy and impact case studies for the next Research Excellence Framework, in addition to mentoring individuals in terms of developing a research profile and writing grant applications. Adam is also a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Book:  https://www.routledge.com/Psychology-in-Sports-Coaching-Theory-and-Practice/Nicholls/p/book/9781032062600  Email: A.Nicholls@hull.ac.uk Paper: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00641/full  www.arcope.co.uk  www.focuperform.co.uk  www.sportingbounce.com  The online directory of sport performance specialists. Sportingbounce helps connect specialists in sport psychology, nutrition, sports massage, injury rehabilitation, coaching, and fitness training s with clients. With a daily spend on Google Adwords, social media advertising, and excellent organic rankings on search engines your business will get found on sporting bounce. Visit sportingbounce.com to find out how sporting bounce can help you. Don’t forget that listeners of this podcast can get 50% off the Premium membership package by entering the code performance, that’s “PERFORMANCE” meaning you get the best possible coverage for less than 20 pence a day!   

Hello everyone and welcome to another episode of the Performance Psychcast. Today we are very fortunate to be speaking with Dr Richard Simpson.  Richard is an associate lecturer, and a research assistant in sport and exercise psychology at the Carnegie School of Sport. Richard's primary line of research inquiry is centred around advancing theoretical, conceptual, methodological, and psychological well-being among members of sport associations.  Twitter: @richsimpson_95  @WBinSPEX   Email: r.a.simpson@leedsbeckett.ac.uk   www.arcope.co.uk  www.focuperform.co.uk  www.sportingbounce.com  The online directory of sport performance specialists. Hundreds of sports professionals from sport psychology, nutrition and fitness trust sportingbounce.com to bring their services to local, national and international clients. Listeners of this podcast can get their first month free by entering the code PERFORMANCE on sign-up.  

Hello everyone and welcome to another episode of the Performance Psychcast. Today we are very fortunate to be speaking with Dr Emma Mosley.  Emma is a Senior Lecturer in Sport Psychology in the Department of Sport Science and Performance at Bournemouth University. Emma completed her BSc in Sport Psychology and Coaching Sciences and completed her PhD at Bournemouth University. Emma is an active researcher in psychophysiology and sport performance, with a particular specialism in heart rate variability.  Emma is also a Chartered Scientist (CSci) and a BASES Accredited Sport and Exercise Scientist. Twitter: @Emma_Mosley Email: mosleye@bournmouth.ac.uk  www.arcope.co.uk   www.focuperform.co.uk   www.sportingbounce.com   The online directory of sport performance specialists. Hundreds of sports professionals from sport psychology, nutrition and fitness trust sportingbounce.com to bring their services to local, national and international clients. Listeners of this podcast can get their first month free by entering the code PERFORMANCE on sign-up.  

Hi guys and welcome to another episode of the Performance Psychcast. Today we are very fortunate to be speaking with Dr Dawn-Marie Armstrong. She is a HCPC Registered Sport and Exercise Psychologist, accredited with BPS. Dawn-Marie is also a former Caribbean Cricketer and Barbados National Development Scholar who possesses over a decade of experience in the successful development and delivery of Mental Skills Training (MST) Programmes at the individual and group level.  This conversation discusses racism in sport, how it has influenced people psychologically and how this was handled plus racism more broadly in sport. If anyone listening to this content has any concerns with what is being discussed then please send us a message via one of the links below.  https://twitter.com/drdawnarmstrong  https://www.linkedin.com/in/drdawnarmstrong/  www.arcope.co.uk  www.focuperform.co.uk  www.sportingbounce.com  The online directory of sport performance specialists. Hundreds of sports professionals from sport psychology, nutrition and fitness trust sportingbounce.com to bring their services to local, national and international clients. Listeners of this podcast can get their first month free by entering the code PERFORMANCE on sign-up. 

Hi guys and welcome to another episode of the Performance Psychcast. Today we are very fortunate to be speaking with Dr Martin Turner. If you are listening to this episode then you are most likely familiar with Martin and his incredible work with REBT in Sport. If you were to type in Dr Martin Turner and REBT into google you will be bombarded with in-depth research and scientific projects.  In this episode we discuss Martins latest book “The Rational Practioner - The sport and performance psychologists guide to practicing Rational emotive behaviour therapy.” Greg and I are both extremely privileged to be speaking with Martin and  are both advocates for this approach.  www.thesmarterthinkingproject.com m.turner@mmu.ac.uk  https://www.amazon.co.uk/Rational-Practitioner-Performance-Psychologists-Practicing/dp/1032060409 https://twitter.com/BananaWalkers  www.focusperform.co.uk www.arcope.co.uk  www.sportingbounce.com  The online directory of sport performance specialists. Hundreds of sports professionals from sport psychology, nutrition and fitness trust sportingbounce.com to bring their services to local, national and international clients. Listeners of this podcast can get their first month free by entering the code PERFORMANCE on sign up.    

Hi guys and welcome to another episode of the Performance Psychcast. We are very fortunate to be speaking with Dr James Hegarty and Christoff Huelsmann. You may well recognise these names if you have come across the book ACT in Sport and we are extremely delighted to have these two authors and clinical psychologists with a load of experience on our podcast.  James Hegarty PhD, FNZCCP, is a clinical psychologist and neuropsychologist. He has worked with individuals, groups and organisations. His long-term interest in the psychology of sports performance has led to consultation work with athletes and the mentoring of other psychologists. He has trained psychologists and other professionals in ACT and mindfulness techniques since 2005. Christoph Huelsmann is a clinical psychologist with over 20 years of experience working in mental health, rehabilitation, and sport psychology, including as a performance psychologist with High-Performance Sport New Zealand.  https://www.hegartypsychology.co.nz/about http://positivepsychology.co.nz https://www.amazon.co.uk/ACT-SPORT-Performance-Mindfulness-Acceptance/dp/1911121383/ref=asc_df_1911121383/?tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=500806356660&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=2953482621146212214&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1006502&hvtargid=pla-1030266820982&psc=1&th=1&psc=1 www.focusperform.co.uk www.arcope.co.uk  www.sportingbounce.com  The online directory of sport performance specialists. Hundreds of sports professionals from sport psychology, nutrition and fitness trust sportingbounce.com to bring their services to local, national and international clients. Listeners of this podcast can get their first month free by entering the code PERFORMANCE on sign-up.    

Welcome to another episode of the Performance Psychcast. We are very fortunate to be speaking with Dr Dior Anderson. Our podcast episode today is around Talent Pathway ID.  Dior is the Chief Technology Officer and Co-founder of Talent Pathway ID. Dior previously completed his PhD at Bangor University researching Talent Identification and development which was working in collaboration with the Welsh Governing body for Weightlifting.  Talent Pathway iD is a world leading research driven technology company, using state of the art machine learning and AI to provide organisations with intelligent and bespoke data insights.   www.talent-pathway.co.uk / Twitter: @ DiorAnderson / Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dior-anderson-b5b017bb  www.focusperform.co.uk www.arcope.co.uk  www.sportingbounce.com  The online directory of sport performance specialists. Hundreds of sports professionals from sport psychology, nutrition and fitness trust sportingbounce.com to bring their services to local, national and international clients. Listeners of this podcast can get their first month free by entering the code PERFORMANCE on sign up.  

Welcome to another episode of the Performance Psychcast. Today we are very fortunate to be speaking with Dr Robin Owen. Our podcast episode today is around Focus of Attention and the theories surrounding it.  Robin is a lecturer at Liverpool Hope University and is interested in all things motor control and skill acquisition. His research interests include how movement planning and execution are affected by pressure, anxiety, changes in self-control resources, and different attentional foci (i.e., focusing on the body vs focusing on an object/movement effect).  Twitter:  @RobinOwenPsych  Email: owenr@hope.ac.uk  www.focusperform.co.uk www.arcope.co.uk 

Hi guys and welcome to another episode of the Performance Psychcast. Today we are very fortunate to be speaking with Dr Richard Keegan. Our podcast episode today is around the motivational climate in sport, from a theory and an applied perspective.  Richard works at the University of Canberra, Australia, specialising in sport and exercise psychology. As a psychologist he has worked in many sports including rugby union, netball, swimming, gymnastics, football, officiating, as-well-as winter- and motor-sports. His research focuses on four key areas: motivational processes; physical literacy; applied sport psychology practice; and resilience.  Richard.Keegan@Canberra.edu.au  Twitter & Instagram: @SportPsychAus www.focusperform.co.uk www.arcope.co.uk