Dr Victor Thompson
Fear of failure, for runners and non-runners
Learn about the fear of failure - how it limits you and what you can do about it.
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Dr Victor Thompson
Apr 23, 20192 min read
Mental tips for the marathon - Virgin Money London Marathon, or any marathon
With the London Marathon in a few days time, I thought that it might be time to give you a couple of sports psychology tips for the...
Dr Victor Thompson
Jul 12, 20181 min read
Lessons from the England Football Team and the World Cup
Isn’t it great that the nation is disappointed with losing our in the World Cup semi-final with Croatia? How did this happen? What can we...
Dr Victor Thompson
Apr 6, 20183 min read
Performance drop-offs and cliffs in sport: The example of Sergio Garcia in the 2018 US Masters Golf
According to the BBC: ‘Defending Masters champion Sergio Garcia has an absolute nightmare as the 15th at Augusta, ending up in the water...
Dr Victor Thompson
Apr 5, 20182 min read
The Sports Psychology skill of imagery or visualisation: What is it and how it can help your sports
Imagery, or visualisation, can help an athlete in a number of ways. It’s something that not all sports people utilise, but at the top...
Dr Victor Thompson
Mar 5, 20182 min read
Why do athletes take the drugs or dope, when the risk are so high?
If we believe (or see) that what we are doing (or taking) is having a positive impact on performance or recovery (and then performance),...
Dr Victor Thompson
Feb 5, 20183 min read
Coping with retirement from sport - why it can be a struggle and how to prevent it
You may have seen or heard the news today on the problems that athletes face after they retire from sport. Here’s a link to BBC website...
Dr Victor Thompson
Jan 6, 20183 min read
The pressure and coping of football referees: A sports psychology angle
Being interviewed by a journalist for this week’s Sunday Times (7th Jan 2018) about the pressures on football referees spurred me on to...
Dr Victor Thompson
Aug 6, 20172 min read
Justin Gatlin is an excellent example to us athletes (really)...
Justin Gatlin, USA sprinter, won the 100m World Championship yesterday. He is perhaps the ultimate bad boy of athletics of this era -...
Dr Victor Thompson
Jul 23, 20171 min read
Links to some articles on sports superstitions
Following my post yesterday (22nd July 2017), I thought that I'd share some links to other pieces on the psychology of superstitions in...
Dr Victor Thompson
Jul 22, 20174 min read
Sports routines, superstitions, rituals or could it be OCD?
Seeing an athlete this week got me thinking again about this area, of when what we are doing in sport is a good routine, a harmless...
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