Category: Sport Psychology
Sport Psychology CATEGORY ARTICLES
Keep Your Athletes Safe: Stay Informed About Their Hearts
For athletes, heart health is one of the many benefits of maintaining the active lifestyle that they do; however, having a heart with structural changes to cope with athletic demands can sometimes come with complications. Symptoms such as chest pain, dizziness, shortness of breath, passing out, and irregular heart beats are all signs to go see a doctor. Another issue with the hearts of athletes is genetic or irregular heart conditions. Heart conditions are often undiagnosed and can lead to serious life threatening consequences like cardiac arrest while playing a sport. One of the most common heart conditions involved with causes of sudden death in athletes is hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM)—the […]
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Becoming a Sport Psychologist
We have an updated page devoted to answering your questions about the field here. With sport psychology a rapidly expanding field, with scores of professional teams hiring specialists to work with their athletes on their mental game, many are wondering how one makes a career in sport psychology and what it takes. Below are some commonly asked questions and answers to help get you started. What are sport psychologists and how do they differ from mental game coaches? Most generally, sport psychologists are licensed psychologists who are trained in psychological skills training, athletes’ mental health, team dynamics in sports settings, psychological factors that influence performance, assessment of psychological and performance […]
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Meet Alexa-Jane Hoidahl
Premier would like to welcome Alexa-Jane Hoidahl to our team! Read this Q&A to learn more about our new intern. Let’s start with a fun fact about yourself. I will be graduating college at the age of 20. If you could travel anywhere in the world, where would you go? Norway, Bali, or Greece. Do you prefer movies or Netflix? I like both—it depends what mood I am in. I love movies, but there are days when I love a good Netflix binge. What is the best show you’ve watched on Netflix? How to Get Away with Murder Chocolate or vanilla? Most definitely chocolate! What is the most played […]
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Looking for a TED Talk? Premier Has a Few Recommendations
At Premier, we always strive to learn more. We read through the latest scholarly journals, explore new books, and—one of our favorites—watch numerous TED talks. Below is a list of some of our favorite TED talks about sport and/or psychology along with a memorable quote from each of the pieces. If you have any recommendations for us, let us know via Facebook or Twitter! Sarah Lewis – Embrace the near win “Coming close to what you thought you wanted can help you attain more than you ever dreamed you could.” Dan Gilbert – The psychology of your future self “Human beings are works in progress that mistakenly think they’re finished. The person […]
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In a Slump? Turn to Your Team
Slumps are inevitable. Every athlete, every coach, and every team experiences them at one time or another. They occur for a myriad of reasons: chronic injury, inability to maintain focus, or a combination of the two and more. No matter the cause, our first and foremost priority is escaping the slump. However, while doing so, many athletes press, leading them to an extended and possibly worse slump. The Minnesota Lynx have lost five out of their last nine games. Not a horrific slump—they’re not on a nine game losing streak—but still, for a team that has been known to excel, playing below .500 is not where they want to be. […]
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Want Lower Stress? Keep Free Rolling like Jordan Spieth
This weekend we look to our neighbors to the east, Wisconsin, as the final men’s golf Major Championship commences. Teeing off at 2:20pm CST today in the PGA Championship include Rory McIlroy and Jordan Spieth, the No. 1 and No. 2 ranked golfers in the world, respectively. There has been a lot of talk about Spieth in 2015 as he has emerged as a top tier golfer and amassed the first two majors in 2015. More talk piled up as he went for his third Major Championship, the Open Championship, back in mid-July. He missed a tie for the lead by just one stroke, which would have led him into […]
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