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The Big Mo' - Momentum In Sports
A player can feel it during a game when they hit a match-winning goal or when they miss a wide open net.
 | Author: | robrobson (robrobson's profile, robrobson's blog) |
 | Posted On: | Fri, 2009-01-02 20:20 |
 | Tags: | tennis, football, winning, psychology, team sport and coaching |
 | Comments: | 1 comment, go to comments |
Have I Got the Yips?
In the golf world, the 'yips' can be used to describe any kind of loss of putting form but amongst golf coaching professionals, it is normally reserved for a serious breakdown in the psycho-neuro-musc
| Author: | robrobson (robrobson's profile, robrobson's blog) |
| Posted On: | Wed, 2008-12-31 13:01 |
| Tags: | golf and psychology |
| Comments: | 0 comments, go to comments |
What is Exercise Science?
The purpose of the paper is to define Exercise Science.
| Author: | robrobson (robrobson's profile, robrobson's blog) |
| Posted On: | Wed, 2008-12-31 12:49 |
| Tags: | psychology, diet, physiology, exercise, fitness and Biomechanics |
| Comments: | 0 comments, go to comments |
Life After Football: Helping Players in Retirement
This article looks at the pre-retirement services offered to their player members by the professional footballers' unions in England (PFA) and France (UNFP).
| Author: | robrobson (robrobson's profile, robrobson's blog) |
| Posted On: | Wed, 2008-12-31 12:29 |
| Tags: | football, psychology, veterans and coaching |
| Comments: | 0 comments, go to comments |
Use of Social Networking in Sport & Exercise Sciences
The idea of social networking has gained a mass of attention in recent years.
| Author: | robrobson (robrobson's profile, robrobson's blog) |
| Posted On: | Tue, 2008-12-30 17:09 |
| Tags: | psychology, physiology, exercise, fitness, nutrition and Biomechanics |
| Comments: | 0 comments, go to comments |
Life After Sport: Counselling Athletes Facing Retirement
Much of the early research into withdrawal from sport concentrated on the problems faced by younger athletes (all disciplines) retiring from full-time sport at high school or college (university) leve
| Author: | robrobson (robrobson's profile, robrobson's blog) |
| Posted On: | Tue, 2008-12-30 16:27 |
| Tags: | soccer training, football, psychology, veterans, injury and coaching |
| Comments: | 0 comments, go to comments |
Mental skills, Eastern martial arts traditions and their application to strength sports
Marilia Coutinho, who is a scientist and powerlifter has started a blog that she is using to document a personal experiment - using eastern martial arts techniques to improve mental skills and powerli
| Author: | robrobson (robrobson's profile, robrobson's blog) |
| Posted On: | Thu, 2008-12-11 11:28 |
| Tags: | bodybuilding, weight training, strength training, conditioning, power, psychology, training, exercise and fitness |
| Comments: | 0 comments, go to comments |
What next as Roy Keane leaves Sunderland?
This week Roy Keane left Sunderland, after just over 2 years in charge of the Black Cats. What's behind this? Is it a good decision for Keane?
| Author: | robrobson (robrobson's profile, robrobson's blog) |
| Posted On: | Fri, 2008-12-05 23:49 |
| Tags: | soccer training, football, psychology, team sport and coaching |
| Comments: | 0 comments, go to comments |
Australia Close In On Rugby League World Cup
The Rugby League World Cup semi final line ups are now complete after Fiji defeated Ireland 30-14.
| Author: | The Sports Nut (The Sports Nut's profile, The Sports Nut's blog) |
| Posted On: | Mon, 2008-11-10 18:29 |
| Tags: | rugby, winning, psychology and physiology |
| Comments: | 1 comment, go to comments |
Experience and Sports Performance: A Personal Insight
Why is it that an overweight, undertrained 35 year old can do the times he did as a 17 year old swimmer? And no, the answer isn't "the suit"...
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| Author: | robrobson (robrobson's profile, robrobson's blog) |
| Posted On: | Sat, 2008-11-08 00:37 |
| Tags: | swimming, winning, psychology, veterans, training, fitness and coaching |
| Comments: | 0 comments, go to comments |
Top 5 Sporting Tantrums!
Pressure plays a huge role for any sportsman when competing but those who make it to a professional level have the added stress of expectation brought around by the media, coaches and spectators wh
| Author: | The Sports Nut (The Sports Nut's profile, The Sports Nut's blog) |
| Posted On: | Fri, 2008-10-17 17:33 |
| Tags: | soccer training, sprinting, skiing, rugby, marathon training, tennis, triathlon, squash, volleyball, badminton, boxing, gymnastics, golf, baseball, rowing, cycling, running, basketball, bodybuilding, football, field events, distance running, cricket, swimming, training programs, technique, stretching, warm up, weight training, overtraining, winning, strength training, speed training, flexibility, endurance, conditioning, interval training, plyometric, proprioceptive, power, circuit training, psychology, women, veterans, testing, diet, team sport, supplements, training, physiology, exercise, drugs, fitness, injury, nutrition, genetics, coaching and Biomechanics |
| Comments: | 0 comments, go to comments |
England Under Pressure Despite 5-1 Win!
England continued their strong start to the 2010 World Cup qualifying campaign with a 5-1 rout over Kazakhstan.
| Author: | The Sports Nut (The Sports Nut's profile, The Sports Nut's blog) |
| Posted On: | Mon, 2008-10-13 15:38 |
| Tags: | soccer training, football and psychology |
| Comments: | 0 comments, go to comments |
Ironman Triathlon- The Toughest Sporting Event On The Planet
This weekend is overflowing with fantastic sporting events but none will be quite as demanding as the World Championship Ironman Triathlon taking place in Ha
| Author: | The Sports Nut (The Sports Nut's profile, The Sports Nut's blog) |
| Posted On: | Thu, 2008-10-09 16:58 |
| Tags: | sprinting, marathon training, triathlon, cycling, running, distance running, swimming, strength training, conditioning, psychology, training, exercise, fitness and coaching |
| Comments: | 0 comments, go to comments |
Federer Season Over?
World number two Roger Federer has announced his withdrawal from this week’s tennis open in Stockholm and has admitted that his season may be over.
| Author: | The Sports Nut (The Sports Nut's profile, The Sports Nut's blog) |
| Posted On: | Tue, 2008-10-07 09:51 |
| Tags: | tennis, overtraining, psychology, exercise, fitness and injury |
| Comments: | 0 comments, go to comments |
Contador Pedals Into History!
As one great cycling tournament ends another begins, but before we are lost in the excitement of the Cycling World Championships, a tribute must be paid to Tour of
| Author: | The Sports Nut (The Sports Nut's profile, The Sports Nut's blog) |
| Posted On: | Wed, 2008-09-24 11:10 |
| Tags: | cycling, endurance, psychology, exercise, fitness and nutrition |
| Comments: | 0 comments, go to comments |
The Goal That Never Was
This weekend world football was treated to yet another example of why video technology has to be introduced to the sport sooner rather than later.
| Author: | The Sports Nut (The Sports Nut's profile, The Sports Nut's blog) |
| Posted On: | Mon, 2008-09-22 17:16 |
| Tags: | soccer training, football, psychology and exercise |
| Comments: | 0 comments, go to comments |
Ricky Hatton No Show For Press Conference
The build up to the fight between Britain’s Ricky Hatton and the US’s Paulie Malignaggi took a bizarre turn on Saturday as the British fighter was forced to miss a press conference due
| Author: | The Sports Nut (The Sports Nut's profile, The Sports Nut's blog) |
| Posted On: | Tue, 2008-09-16 10:41 |
| Tags: | boxing, golf, psychology and drugs |
| Comments: | 0 comments, go to comments |
England Have No Style
It’s the second round of the world cup football qualifying fixtures on Wednesday night with the pick of the games taking place in Zagreb between Croatia
| Author: | The Sports Nut (The Sports Nut's profile, The Sports Nut's blog) |
| Posted On: | Tue, 2008-09-09 17:34 |
| Tags: | football and psychology |
| Comments: | 0 comments, go to comments |
Asafa Powell Runs 9.72
Does anyone remember Asafa Powell?
| Author: | The Sports Nut (The Sports Nut's profile, The Sports Nut's blog) |
| Posted On: | Wed, 2008-09-03 16:57 |
| Tags: | sprinting, running and psychology |
| Comments: | 1 comment, go to comments |
Football Upsets & Injuries
What do Barcelona, Real Madrid, Manchester Utd, Chelsea, Liverpool, AC Milan and Inter Milan all have in common? They all failed to register a win over the weekend!
| Author: | The Sports Nut (The Sports Nut's profile, The Sports Nut's blog) |
| Posted On: | Tue, 2008-09-02 12:29 |
| Tags: | football, psychology, team sport and injury |
| Comments: | 0 comments, go to comments |
Why Programs Don't Work
I just haven’t had the time to write like before so I wanted to create a solid article which tackles a wide range of issues.
| Author: | rawgrip (rawgrip's profile, rawgrip's blog) |
| Posted On: | Sun, 2008-08-24 11:16 |
| Tags: | soccer training, sprinting, skiing, rugby, marathon training, tennis, triathlon, squash, volleyball, badminton, boxing, gymnastics, golf, baseball, rowing, cycling, running, basketball, bodybuilding, football, field events, distance running, cricket, swimming, training programs, technique, stretching, warm up, weight training, overtraining, winning, strength training, speed training, flexibility, endurance, conditioning, interval training, plyometric, proprioceptive, power, circuit training, psychology, women, veterans, testing, diet, team sport, supplements, training, physiology, exercise, drugs, fitness, injury, nutrition, genetics, coaching and Biomechanics |
| Comments: | 1 comment, go to comments |
Young Shoulders
So what do we think of "little Tom's" display in the Olympic diving display?? Does it matter that he did not win, or come in the top 3?
| Author: | scousemouse78 (scousemouse78's profile, scousemouse78's blog) |
| Posted On: | Tue, 2008-08-12 11:36 |
| Tags: | gymnastics, swimming, stretching, overtraining, winning, proprioceptive, psychology, training, physiology, exercise, fitness, genetics and coaching |
| Comments: | 2 comments, go to comments |
Knowledge, Quality and Web 2.0 in Sport & Exercise Science
One of the things that comes up in conversations about iStadia is the lack of quality control, or the lack of quality control as perceived by sport scientists that have been indoctrinated into the epi
| Author: | robrobson (robrobson's profile, robrobson's blog) |
| Posted On: | Wed, 2008-07-30 22:33 |
| Tags: | psychology, testing, diet, physiology, exercise, drugs, fitness, injury, nutrition, genetics and coaching |
| Comments: | 0 comments, go to comments |
Eating problems
I'm a fairly young but well read athlete, and I've been reading up on eating problems in sport, and the female athlete triad as well.
| Author: | RoyMustang69 (RoyMustang69's profile, RoyMustang69's blog) |
| Posted On: | Fri, 2008-05-23 03:44 |
| Tags: | marathon training, cycling, running, distance running, overtraining, psychology, diet, fitness and nutrition |
| Comments: | 1 comment, go to comments |
Miracle of Determination
I think that the most important thing in basketball is to stick to it. Don't think "Oh, this is just one of those smart-asses shooting their mouth off" Well it's not. I'm just stating my opinion.
| Author: | nazerobin (nazerobin's profile, nazerobin's blog) |
| Posted On: | Thu, 2008-05-22 14:44 |
| Tags: | basketball, winning and psychology |
| Comments: | 0 comments, go to comments |
