Publications

A Mixed Methods Evaluation of a Pressure Training Intervention to Develop Resilience in Female Basketball Players

The present study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of a resilience development intervention, set up around regular exposure to increased pressure. This intervention adopted a quasi-experimental design, delivered ...

Adverse effects of anxiety on attentional control differ as a function of experience

Motor and gaze behaviors of youth basketball players taking contested and uncontested jump shots

In this study, we examined the effects of a defender contesting jump shots on performance and gaze behaviors of basketball players taking jump shots. Thirteen skilled youth basketball players performed 48 shots from ...

In situ examination of decision-making skills and gaze behaviour of basketball players

Self-controlled video feedback on tactical skills in soccer teams results in more active involvement of players.

Many studies have shown that self-controlled feedback is beneficial for learning motor tasks, andthat learners prefer to receive feedback after supposedly good trials. However, to date all studiesconducted on ...

Perceptual-cognitive skill and the in situ performance of soccer players

<p>Many studies have shown that experts possess better perceptual-cognitive skills than novices (e.g., in anticipation, decision making, pattern recall), but it remains unclear whether a relationship exists ...

Sitting duck or scaredy-cat

Purpose: Law enforcement may require police officers to inhibit intuitive responses to high threat and thereby affect their emotional reaction and operational effectiveness. Upon this premise, the current study ...

Anxiety and performance

When the pressure is on and anxiety levels increase it is not easy to perform well. In search of mechanisms explaining the anxiety-performance relationship, we revisit the integrated model of anxiety and ...

Effects of reflex-based self-defence training on police performance in simulated high-pressure arrest situations

We investigated the effects of reflex-based self-defence training on police performance in simulated high-pressure arrest situations. Police officers received this training as well as a regular police arrest and ...

Effects of threat, trait anxiety and state anxiety on police officers’ actions during an arrest

Purpose: We investigated the effects of threat and trait anxiety on state anxiety and how that affects police officers’ actions during an arrest. Most experiments on police performance under anxiety test the ...

System for notational analysis in small-sided soccer games

The objective of this study was to compose an objective and detailed notational analysis system for 3 vs. 2GK smallsided soccer games, in which three roles are examined: attacker with ball, attacker without ball and ...

Professional development in sport psychology

<p>To enhance the training of sport psychology consultants, it is important to know which learning experiences are useful for which components of professional development. We interviewed 15 novice consultants ...

Assessing competencies of trainee sport psychologists

<p>Objectives: There is virtually no literature on how to assess competencies of applied sport psychologists. We assessed casework of applied sport psychology students and compared written case report ...

The Study Lab Project: An Evidence-based Approach in Preparing Students for a Public Recital

Assessing competence in sport psychology

<p>Competent practice in sport psychology is of utmost importance for the professional status of the field, and hence proper assessment of competence for sport psychology practice is needed. We describe three ...