Dr Victor ThompsonNov 13, 20192 minFear of failure, for runners and non-runnersLearn about the fear of failure - how it limits you and what you can do about it.
Dr Victor ThompsonApr 23, 20192 minMental tips for the marathon - Virgin Money London Marathon, or any marathonWith 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 marat...
Dr Victor ThompsonJul 12, 20181 minLessons from the England Football Team and the World CupIsn’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 ThompsonApr 6, 20183 minPerformance 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 ThompsonApr 5, 20182 minThe 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 lev...
Dr Victor ThompsonMar 5, 20182 minWhy 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 ThompsonFeb 5, 20183 minCoping with retirement from sport - why it can be a struggle and how to prevent itYou 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 p...
Dr Victor ThompsonJan 6, 20183 minThe pressure and coping of football referees: A sports psychology angleBeing interviewed by a journalist for this week’s Sunday Times (7th Jan 2018) about the pressures on football referees spurred me on to w...
Dr Victor ThompsonAug 6, 20172 minJustin 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 - hav...
Dr Victor ThompsonJul 23, 20171 minLinks to some articles on sports superstitionsFollowing 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 ThompsonJul 22, 20174 minSports 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 super...