What is mental toughness? Is it dogged determination? Razor-sharp focus? Supreme confidence? Or is it being cool, calm, and collected under fire? Turns out, it’s all these things and it provides a ...

When we think of sports, we often picture peak physical strength, high performance, and endurance. But beneath every medal and milestone lies something even more powerful—mental resilience. In the ...

Over the years, an increasing number of students have asked me about becoming a sports psychologist. Students understand that our society loves sports, and (for better or worse) this love of sports ...

Since the early years of this century, it has been commonplace for computerized analyses of athletic statistics to guide a baseball manager’s choice of pinch hitter, a football coach’s decision to ...

In the high-stakes world of competitive sports, physical ability alone is rarely enough to guarantee success. The mental game ...

Sport and Exercise Psychology is an interdisciplinary field that investigates the cognitive, emotional and behavioural processes underpinning both competitive sport and health‐related exercise. It ...

Ever had a day when you felt unstoppable-crossing tasks off your to-do list, crushing a workout, and tackling challenges head-on? And then the very next day, you couldn’t even bring yourself to get ...

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One in six parents of kids who play sports believe they’re raising the next pro athlete, according to new research. A survey ...