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New episode of The Sport Psych Show! This week I welcome back Scott Goldman, Ph.D. to the show. Scott and I speak about the psychology of the selection process and dive deeper into the psychological aspects of the Combine and the Draft. Listen here buff.ly/mdG8NWJ

Texan C.J. Stroud warming-up his whole body…from head to feet and from feet to head. He throws from every joint… And as he warms up physically so he fires his mindset. So he turns up the volume of attention, so he warms his activation, his mental energy, and so he sets his

“Easy is not acceptable”… Lacrosse coach Connor Buczek knows the value of contextual priors. He’ll create a problem for players to solve and expect them to solve it, under pressure… An activity on Wednesday filled with contextual challenges can help a team deal with those

“If you do the things that the game demands of you, you have the best chance of winning…” For sure! But please allow me to boldly adapt the great Paul Maurice’s philosophy just slightly. Just a little… “If you do the things that your brain and body demands of you, you have

Jon Cooper, Tampa Bay Lightening head coach wants his players to check their ego at the door. And he’s delighted that they do… Whether for leadership or for teamwork, a strong sense of self-assurance and perception of high competence needs to be tempered in order to influence

Dr Scott Goldman Scott Goldman, Ph.D. speaking about the importance of the interface between player and the coaching environment on this week's episode of The Sport Psych Show. Take a listen to the full episode here buff.ly/mdG8NWJ

Derek Jeter: “I feel uncomfortable when I’m unprepared” And so let’s consider this in a corporate environment…in the workplace. Your day comes thick and fast with performance moments. A zoom call here, a difficult face-to-face conversation there. A pitch here, a piece of work

Oldham Athletic have just won their way back into the English Football League. I don’t know anything about their owner, Frank Rothwell, but I do know that greeting fans in the freezing cold after a game at Christmas can be considered what we psychologists call a Psychologically

Every day I write about the importance of players creating mental framework for their game in order to compete in their High Performance Mindset. And I get asked all the time, by both players and coaches “What do these frameworks look like? What’s actually in them?” Below is a

This was SO cool to do with very awesome Erica Mulholland, MS 👸🏼 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

"I think the heaviest lift is getting the right people in the building..." Dr Scott Goldman Scott Goldman, Ph.D. speaking about the challenges coaches face at the collegiate and professional levels on this week's episode of The Sport Psych Show. Listen here buff.ly/mdG8NWJ

Rick Pitino hates to lose and he wants his players to despise a loss even more than him… Demands…demands! To want desperately to win and to hate losing with every sinew of your body. A coach with high demands from the sidelines - uncomfortable ensues. And in elite adult sport

You’re a sports parent… The car journey home from the game can often be fraught… Perhaps the best approach balances questions, suggestions, permission-seeking, and silence… Below is a short edited clip of some ideas to help you with that car journey… Full podcast episode

A wonderfully important image for sports coaches to immerse themselves in… Rosenshine’s Principles of Instruction… Great coaching requires a diverse range of coaching behaviours…below are the types of instructional approaches coaches can use to help players learn…

“I just try to stay still…” The late, great Kobe Bryant draws out his strategy to deal with unhelpful emotion. A sophisticated approach to a complex problem! His thoughts, emotions, feelings…whispering their distractions as he competes…but he refuses to comply…he refuses to

Really enjoyed speaking with Scott Goldman, Ph.D. on this week's episode of The Sport Psych Show. Scott and I speak about the psychology of the selection process and dive deeper into the psychological aspects of the Combine and the Draft. Listen here buff.ly/mdG8NWJ

You love football and you fancy geeking out for a few seconds? You hate football but love another sport and fancy geeking out for a few seconds? You hate sport but appreciate human functioning and fancy geeking out for a few seconds? Stay with me… The Argentinian national

Virgil Van Dijk… “Nice and strong early on” - intent (behavioural approach) “Alert and switched on” - intensity (mental activation) and attention… “Switched on…sensing where the danger is going to be” - attention “He’s so calm as well” - intensity (mental activation)

The great Frank Lampard talking with the great Rodri about scanning. Mr Lampard calls it picturing, borrowing from his father’s term for it. “Pictures, pictures, pictures” Frank Lampard Snr used to shout from the sidelines as he watched his son progress at the West Ham Academy.

Anthony Gordon is in control and in charge… “I want to go 1 v 1 as much as I can” “I want that mental battle with the full-back” - purposeful, positive, proactive “We get a counter-attack…I can set-off, open my legs” “I’m going back the other way, and I’m letting him know