A focused athlete in deep concentration prepares for a competition Concentration in sport can be the difference between winning and losing. Athletes face constant internal distractions like self-doubt and anxiety, among external factors such as crowd noise and environmental conditions . Understanding attention and concentration in sport psychology is critical for peak performance. This piece explores how to improve concentration in sport through proven mental preparation tech

Sports performers logically set challenging, specific goals to stretch them towards success. The research to date argues in their favour (Kremer et al., 2019). But what if setting teeny tiny goals helps along the way too? We can all learn a wonderful lesson from one of the most famous examples of a systematic goal-setting procedure, taking off in Munich in 1972 and landing in Olympic gold in 1976 at Montreal. One man, Joh Naber, sat at home on his living room floor watching M

When we think about our habits in sport, we might feel that they are routine behaviours we do without thinking or paying much attention to what we are doing, but goals always seem so purposive. For example, if we were going to clean the kitchen, we might say that we are going to clean the kitchen for two hours and then have lunch. What if I cleaned the kitchen thoroughly every Saturday as a habit? Would I still consider it a goal? What if I were working on Saturdays for three