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    Fear of failure, for runners and non-runners
    Dr Victor Thompson
    • Nov 13, 2019
    • 2 min

    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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    Mental tips for the marathon - Virgin Money London Marathon, or any marathon
    Dr Victor Thompson
    • Apr 23, 2019
    • 2 min

    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...
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    Lessons from the England Football Team and the World Cup
    Dr Victor Thompson
    • Jul 12, 2018
    • 1 min

    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...
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    Performance drop-offs and cliffs in sport: The example of Sergio Garcia in the 2018 US Masters Golf
    Dr Victor Thompson
    • Apr 6, 2018
    • 3 min

    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...
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    The Sports Psychology skill of imagery or visualisation: What is it and how it can help your sports
    Dr Victor Thompson
    • Apr 5, 2018
    • 2 min

    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...
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    Why do athletes take the drugs or dope, when the risk are so high?
    Dr Victor Thompson
    • Mar 5, 2018
    • 2 min

    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),...
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    Coping with retirement from sport - why it can be a struggle and how to prevent it
    Dr Victor Thompson
    • Feb 5, 2018
    • 3 min

    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...
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    The pressure and coping of football referees: A sports psychology angle
    Dr Victor Thompson
    • Jan 6, 2018
    • 3 min

    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...
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    Justin Gatlin is an excellent example to us athletes (really)...
    Dr Victor Thompson
    • Aug 6, 2017
    • 2 min

    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 -...
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    Links to some articles on sports superstitions
    Dr Victor Thompson
    • Jul 23, 2017
    • 1 min

    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...
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    Sports routines, superstitions, rituals or could it be OCD?
    Dr Victor Thompson
    • Jul 22, 2017
    • 4 min

    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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