Loss, retirement and depression in sport

Loss, Retirement and Depression in sport Footballers and athletes can experience loss in many ways, loss of form, loss of speed, or loss at not being able to perform through injury or  retirement. The  severity of the psychological responses' are often misunderstood by those involved in sport and to a certain...

Psychological response to injury – symptoms in athletes

Louise Ellis explores the psychological responses elite and professional athletes experience after injury and how this  impacts on the healing process. Sports performers like any other group can experience loss in many ways; loss of form, loss of speed or loss of not being able to perform at the expense of...

Golf Confidence & Performance: Psychology of golf putting

Thinking about your putting technique in between shots can make you play worse, not better, according to a new report by scientists. Thinking about your putting technique in between shots can make you play worse, not better, according to a new report by scientists. The researchers at the University of...