Australia’s cricketers were once known as tough but fair, but the latest ball tampering scandal has many asking how some of the leading players could have stooped so low.
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Why can an athlete dominate their sport, but fail to perform when it counts most at the Olympic Games? A number of factors the viewing audience can’t see can explain poor performances.
Failure is something all athletes need to deal with, especially when competing on the world stage that is the Olympics. Learning self-compassion can help athletes rebound from setbacks.
Sport has a mental health problem, but rugby might have the answer.
You can tell quite a lot about whether your favourite player might win or lose from the primal noises they make.
Help with psychological issues for elite performers is not about reacting when problems bubble to the surface.
As retirement looms for elite sportspeople, there is a need to prepare for the transition to post-sport life. But there are also important things to consider for transition long before this.
Research has shown that hard times and losses can help athletes perform better.
Athletes need to learn to find and access their ideal emotional state to achieve their best.
Athletes face as many as 640 organisational demands at a big competition – and they can all take their toll.
How did the former Olympic swim champion Grant Hackett make it back in the Australian team after a six year break?
Hawthorn has recovered after a rough patch this season, with key players shaking off injuries and its tenacious coach returning after a health scare. So why have the Hawks earned their spot on Saturday’s…
The AFL final series – with the semi-finals starting today – is one of the most ferocious and toughest contests we will see in Australian sport. Behind the scenes, there is no doubt a fair percentage of…
Brazil 1, Germany 7. Very few people would have thought such a result was possible, especially in a World Cup semi-final where both teams would be anxious to succeed. Both teams had been on a journey of…
World Cup 2014 has been described by many as the best ever for the exciting play and huge number of goals. And, as the tournament has progressed, the drama has increased, with hard fought games going to…
The Conversation organised a public question-and-answer session on Reddit in which Andrew Lane, professor of Sport Psychology at Wolverhampton University, discussed subjects from the Suarez bite to getting…
Luis Suárez has struck again. For the third time now, the Uruguayan striker faces charges for biting an opponent and there is no defending this kind of behaviour on a sports pitch. While no one knows for…
England’s footballers have had their worst ever start to a World Cup – and, bar a miracle, face an early exit. So begins the inevitable search to understand the cause of this calamity. The squad’s inexperience…
England play Uruguay tonight in a crucial match that, if lost, could leave the team with one foot already on the flight home. It’s for situations like these that Steve Peters, England’s sport psychiatrist…
Fan or foe, chances are over the next four weeks you’ll catch at least parts of World Cup matches, whether through bleary eyes in the wee hours or snippets on the evening news. If you’re unfamiliar with…
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Digital journalism coordinator, Monash University
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Principal Lecturer in Athlete Mental Health, Cardiff Metropolitan University
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Academic Fellow & Psychologist, Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Professor in Sport and Learning, University of Wolverhampton
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Lecturer, Faculty of Business, Sport and Enterprise, Solent University
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Senior Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Science (Sport Psychology), Anglia Ruskin University
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Lecturer in Sport Psychology, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Senior Lecturer in Sport & Fitness, The Open University
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Lecturer in Sport and Fitness, The Open University
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Post-Doctoral Fellow, Institute of Sport, Exercise & Active Living (ISEAL), Victoria University
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Associate Professor in Sport Psychology, MSc Psychology of Sport Programme Director, and Deputy Head of Sport, University of Stirling
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Associate Professor & Clinical Psychologist, Mental Health in Elite Sports, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Psychology, University of Southern Queensland
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PhD Researcher, Nature and Function of Human Nonverbal Vocalisations, University of Sussex
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Associate Professor in Sport and Exercise Psychology, University of Canberra
