sport & exercise psychology explained

How can Sport & Exercise Psychology help my performance and wellbeing?

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Are you performing to the best of your ability?
Are you sure?

Sport psychology can help you unlock the next level of your performance.

Do you know where you could improve, but don't know how to go about it?
That's where Ryan can help you develop as an athlete.

Whether you experience competition pressure, performance anxiety, loss of focus, poor behaviour or something more, Ryan can help you develop the professional athlete in you, to be better than you already are.

Ryan will use his sport psychology knowledge and experiences to increase your performance and promote your wellbeing. The aim is for you to develop as a person, as well as an athlete. 

sport psychology topics

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Sport psychology involves the assessment of how psychological factors affect performance. The instruction and training of psychological skills enables performance improvement in any sport.

Sports Psychology can provide support across a wide range of areas, these include: 
  • Managing injury rehabilitation
  • Team building
  • Career transitions (into professional sport, retirement, or career change) 
  • Improving concentration 
  • Developing identity 
  • Increasing your self-worth and confidence 
  • Enhancing communication 
  • Developing leadership skills
  • Dual career management (i.e., life as an athlete and a student)
  • Managing stress and anxiety 
  • Preparing for competition 
  • Reflecting on performances
  • Managing setbacks
  • Building upon success and managing expectations
  • Developing self-talk 
In addition to instruction and training of psychological skills for performance improvement, applied sport psychology may include work with those in the support team.
This can include coaches, S&C, physios as well as the athletes parents to provide holistic psychological support to all those invested in the performance of the athlete in their sport.