Mental health has come to the fore in recent years, as we slowly start to learn more about wellbeing. Helping to overcome its stigma, celebrities, athletes and public figures have started to open up about their personal struggles in recent years. Even the Royal Family have endorsed Heads Together – a charity that tackles…
Anyone who’s ever watched Any Given Sunday will know, there are many great life lessons we can all learn from sport. As its rousing speech proclaims: “In either game – life or football – the margin for error is so small.” Across the world, we see the positive effects of sport, especially sport for…
In applied sports psychology, the area of debriefing is given due consideration. The process of reflecting back is said to help with understanding, as well as aid psychological recovery – but only when conducted in an efficient and effective way. Debriefing helps athletes to divert their attention from past events and also to build…