Sport and Exercise

There's a growing consensus in the academic and popular literature that our attitude and our mindset are more important than our technical capability that make a difference to our success. As Zig Ziglar puts it, "Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude."

Is Sport Science research ever actually used to improve athletic performance? How can a sports coach or athlete understand, combine and transfer this information into their game?

What's the best approach to coaching tactics and technique to children? This blog outlines some different approaches and suggests a mix and match approach.

More than 1850 boats competed in the JP Morgan Round the Island Race. But one story that mattered to the UK media though, Lewis Hamilton, the British F1 driver was aboard Hugo Boss.

An interesting blog, and ensuing debate, on whether or not coaches need to be experts on their sport, and whether that means being an ex-player or athlete.

A Chinese swimmer has tested positive for steroids. Is this evidence of real anti-doping efforts by the Chinese authorities or should we be skeptical?

A great example of using a sponsorship across different markets.

Wimbledon is finally here, and to celebrate we are offering a number of tennis books at 10% discount on the iStadia Marketplace. Why not take the time now to brush up on your knowledge of the game?

An exploration of the role of sport science in winning Olympic gold now, and in the future, and how it fits with evidence-based coaching.

An example of how social networking helped one sports professional to solve a client problem.

Your son or daughter plays different sports, and starts to show potential as a athlete. Their coaches start to suggest that they should specialize in one sport. Should they do that, and when, and if they don't will it harm their chances of fulfilling their potential?

This article describes why coaches and parents should avoid placing too much emphasis on winning in youth sport, and focus more on the process of performance.

Search a global directory of sport psychologist (and other sport and exercise professionals). Sport psychologists can get listed for fee.

Hot and cold therapy treatments are extensively used, therapeutic modalities for treating and rehabilitating sports injuries. There is, however, often confusion following an injury concerning whether to ice or to warm the area. The answer depends on the type of injury you have sustained.

The web means that you can get free publicity quite easily and without spending money on PR - but you have to put yourself out there, for example by blogging or writing articles.

This article looks at the pre-retirement services offered to their player members by the professional footballers' unions in England (PFA) and France (UNFP). The article includes a short history of the development of professional football (soccer) in England and France, and examine some of the issues of the contemporary game that affect the players and their life after football in the two countries.

Michael Phelps is widely expected to try and equal or better Mark Spitz's record of seven gold medals (all of which he also broke a world record in). If Phelps can win 7 golds in Beijng it would represent a greater achievement than that of Spitz - even if he doesn't get the world records to match...

Give Team GB's mascot a name and win an all-expenses trip to the Beijing Olympics.

Plantar fasciitis can affect up to 10% of the wordwide population and is the most common cause of heel pain. The ligament connecting your heel and toes gets weak, swollen, and inflamed. Your heel or the bottom of your foot hurts when you try to do the simplest of daily activities like stand or walk. One of the simplest ways of treating plantar fasciitis is stretching.

Early research into withdrawal from sport focused on problems faced by young athletes retiring from full-time sport. Issues were identified which can affect the quality of the transition, laying the groundwork for later research into the retirement of professional athletes, and influencing approaches being taken by sports federations and others to helping sportsmen facing retirement. This article examines the main trends and offers some conclusions.