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Dr Paul McCarthy
- Feb 12
- 2 min
How do sport psychologists work with football players?
Sport psychologists play a crucial role in working with football players to enhance their mental skills, overall well-being, and...
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Dr Paul McCarthy
- Feb 12
- 4 min
Choice Theory and the Implications for Athletes
In the realm of psychology, William Glasser's Choice Theory stands as a beacon, offering a unique perspective on human behavior,...
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Dr Paul McCarthy
- Feb 12
- 4 min
So you don't think I can do it? Self-Regulation and Symbolic Self-Completion
In the complex terrain of human behavior, researchers Richard A. Wicklund and Peter M. Gollwitzer have ventured into the realms of...
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Dr Paul McCarthy
- Feb 8
- 3 min
How can we judge how good we are in sport? Are we better-than-average?
Good, the more communicated, more abundant grows. Paradise Lost, Book V (1667) John Milton, English poet (1608–1674). In psychology,...
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Dr Paul McCarthy
- Feb 6
- 3 min
Experiencing and overcoming the pain of rejection in sport
What man is strong enough to reject the possibility of hope? The Locked Room (1986) Paul Auster, American writer (1947–) Rejection is...
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Dr Paul McCarthy
- Feb 5
- 3 min
Can we put positivity into sport, schools, and the education system?
It is a common experience that a problem difficult at night is resolved in the morning after the committee of sleep has worked on it....
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Dr Paul McCarthy
- Feb 2
- 3 min
Which body parts do Olympians injure most? And do these injuries influence life after sport?
The important thing in life is not the victory but the contest; the essential thing is not to have won but to have fought well. [Speech...
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Dr Paul McCarthy
- Feb 1
- 3 min
The repayments of a rivalry
If you don’t try to win you might as well hold the Olympics in somebody’s back yard. Jesse Owens, American Olympic gold medallist for...
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Dr Paul McCarthy
- Feb 1
- 3 min
Sometimes a coach’s anger can bring out the best performances
Human feeling is like the mighty rivers that bless the earth: it does not wait for beauty — it flows with resistless force and brings...
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Dr Paul McCarthy
- Jan 31
- 3 min
There is a place for ‘Me’ in team: Recognising the individual helps the team
If you even dream of beating me you’d better wake up and apologise. Muhammad Ali, American professional boxer, activist and...
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Dr Paul McCarthy
- Jan 31
- 3 min
Do we need time or data to diagnose poor performances in football?
Success is a choice not a chance. Joe Simpson, English mountaineer whose near-fatal climb in the Andes became the subject of a book and...
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Dr Paul McCarthy
- Jan 30
- 3 min
Do the short-term goals we set now lead to success down the line?
My mother taught me very early to believe I could achieve any accomplishment I wanted to. The first was to walk without braces. Wilma...
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Dr Paul McCarthy
- Jan 30
- 3 min
Are we all productive procrastinators? And how do we get back to work on the right things?
What is productive procrastination? It is replacing one adaptive behaviour with another adaptive (but less important) behaviour. An...
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Dr Paul McCarthy
- Jan 29
- 2 min
The Triple P Guide to Personal and Team Success: Purpose – Process – Progress
Persistence can change failure into extraordinary achievement. Matt Biondi, American Olympic swimmer (1965–). Succeeding seems gruelling....
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Dr Paul McCarthy
- Jan 29
- 3 min
Successful athletes: It is all in how they see it (and work through it)?
When I type here about successful athletes, I focus on the psychological skills and techniques they learn to separate themselves from...
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Dr Paul McCarthy
- Jan 27
- 3 min
Remember and forgive: Self-compassion increases self-improvement motivation
Athletes scatter mistakes throughout sports practice and competition. Mistakes are an avenue for learning; however, how many mistakes...
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Dr Paul McCarthy
- Jan 26
- 3 min
Grief in sport – At a loss to explain how you are thinking and feeling?
When we think about grief, we often think about bereavement – losing a loved one to death. The pain of loss influences us physically,...
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Dr Paul McCarthy
- Jan 24
- 3 min
Does your personality matter to get to the top in sport?
You see things; and you say, “Why?” But I dream things that never were; and I say, “Why not?” Methuselah (1903) George Bernard Shaw,...
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Dr Paul McCarthy
- Jan 23
- 3 min
Put ‘em under pressure! Pressure training to prepare for competition
To love truth for truth’s sake is the principal part of human perfection in this world and the seed-plot of all other virtues. John...
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