Académique Documents
Professionnel Documents
Culture Documents
Editorial
Paul McCarthy
Original Articles
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Experiences of the pre- and
post-retirement period of female elite
artistic gymnasts: An exploratory study
Hannah Clowes, Pete Lindsay,
Louise Fawcett & Zoe Knowles
22 An exploration of participation football
coaches philosophies from development
to expression
Dan Horsley, Emma Cockburn &
Ian A. James
37 Athletes perceptions about the
availability of social support during
within-career transitions
Caleb Adams, Pete Coffee & David Lavallee
49 Eye tracking in sport: A guide for new
and aspiring researchers
Russell M. Discombe & Stewart T. Cotterill
Applied and Pedagogical Reflections
59 Making ends meet: The typical week of
a Sport and Exercise Psychologist
in training
James Lambdon
66 NLP: Misunderstood by psychologists
Bruce Grimley
73 Eddie Van Halen, please call.
A reply to Grimley
David Tod
Its good to talk
75 One-on-One with Dr Richard L. Cox
77 A week in the life of an
Applied Sport Psychologist
Sarah Cecil
Student Members (Editor: Karen Howells)
82 A Big New World A sport psychology
placement students findings
George Bucknell
86 Effective relationship management as a
survival skill for PhD students
Aleksandra Krukowska
Miscellaneous
88 The good, the bad and the ugly of elite
sport: A reply to Martindale, A.,
Collins, D. & Richards, H. (2014).
Its good to talk Is elite sport good
for you? Sport and Exercise Psychology
Review, 10 (3), 6876.
Tadhg MacIntyre, Jessie Barr &
Clodagh Butler
91 Is elite sport (still) good for you?
A response to the reply
Amanda Martindale, Dave Collins &
Hugh Richards
95 The team and mate in META:
Two students perspectives
Jessie Barr & Clare Murphy
Masterclass Review
98 A Masterclass in Golf Psychology:
Taking Players and Coaches from
Good to Great
Sarah Carvell
Workshop Review
100 Psychological legacies: Podium,
performance and participation
James Lambdon
Conference Report
103 8th World Congress on Science and
Football 2015
Claire Rossato & Itay Basevitch
Book Review
105 Doing Exercise Psychology
Edited by Mark B. Anderson &
Stephanie J. Hanrahan
Reviewed by Will McConn
Miscellaneous
META mates
The seminar series consists of a series of
workshops which take place across three host
institutions: 1. University of Wolverhampton;
2. University of Limerick; and 3. Queens
University Belfast. The first workshop was a
one-day meeting entitled: Conceptual
analysis: A review of META constructs and
was chaired by Professor Andy Lane. The
Irish cohort of the group arrived at Wolverhampton slightly dishevelled after catching
the red eye from Dublin airport that
morning. Fuelled by coffee and some delicious (and healthy) snacks provided by
Professor Lane, the day kicked off with the
elevator pitches (no slides allowed) which
were really effective as they served as a quick
introduction to each of the guests, without
death by powerpoint. I (Jessie) was more
nervous awaiting my turn to deliver my
elevator pitch than I would be on the startline of a race as well as a prospective PhD
student, I train full time as an athlete. The
idea for my PhD research was still under
construction at the time of this first workshop, and so I felt thoroughly unprepared to
stand up in front of this room full of experienced academics! Thankfully my stop in the
elevator was on the second floor, and so my
pitch was short and sweet.
Next, under the expert guidance of
Dr Deirdre O Shea, a brainstorming activity
was organised whereby the entire group
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The Authors
Jessie Barr is a student athlete (London 2012
Olympian) and graduate of the University of
Limerick (UL). She recently completed her
Masters in Sport and Exercise Psychology
from the University of the West of England.
At present, she is undertaking a Summer
internship with Tadhg MacIntyre at the
Department of PE and Sport Sciences at the
UL and commences her doctoral studies
investigating mental health stigma among
elite athletes in September.
Clare Murphy is a final-year sport science
student at the UL and has just completed
her work placement where she helped plan
and organise the META workshop activities.
She too is a student athlete and competes as
a rival to Jessie in the 400m hurdles and has
been funded to conduct research on the
action modality effect in promoting second
language acquisition.
References
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