Our first BPS Sport & Exercise Psychology (DSEP) working group meeting on ‘Psychological Skill Use for Performance Enhancement and Refinement in YOUth’ (PSUPER YOU). Website and Twitter account coming soon!!

PSUPER YOU Meeting 2 🧠: RQs, design, and interview guide finalised. Youtube videos on PST for young athletes coming soon!!

We are currently exploring what can be learnt from sport psychologists practicing with young athletes in Britain - if you meet the inclusion criteria below and would like to be interviewed please DM us or contact [email protected]!

PSUPER YOU Meeting 3 ✅…looking forward to presenting at the BPS Sport & Exercise Psychology (DSEP) annual conference in November!! 🧠🎉

Dr Rachel Arnold Dr. Darren Britton Well done everyone!! 👏🏻 Thank you BPS Sport & Exercise Psychology (DSEP) for the prize and continued support of the PSUPER YOU research working group!#DSEPConf2021

The first articles from our Frontiers for Young Minds special issue on ‘The Psychology behind Sport Performance' are now published online. Written for and peer-reviewed by kids. For all the children who like reading and sport, this is for you! Chris Harwood @vaithehy kids.frontiersin.org/collections/13…

Today’s office in London after a very productive PSUPER YOU meeting yesterday with Sam Thrower CJ Knight Chris Harwood and Adam Bruton

Our 5th (and final) BPS Sport & Exercise Psychology (DSEP) research working group meeting took place earlier this week. Hosted at UR Life and Health Sciences with half the group joining online. New resources, papers, and presentations coming soon -> psuperyou.co.uk! 🏅🏈🎾🧠

The PSUPER YOU research working group are presenting a symposium at the BPS Sport & Exercise Psychology (DSEP) annual conference in Swansea on Tuesday morning (10.15am-11.30am, Spirit Suite). Come and join us!

Symposium underway to outline how psychological skills training can contribute to performance enhancement in young athletes. A stellar line-up presenting the DSEP position statement. #DSEP2022

Ever wondered what applied sport psychologists actually do when working with young athletes!? ⚽️🧠 🥇🎾🤸 The PSUPER YOU research working group, have provided fascinating insights into the unique consultancy process - open access link here: researchgate.net/publication/37…

New episode of The Sport Psych Show! This week I speak to Sam Thrower - Senior Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Psychology Oxford Brookes University. Sam's main research interests lie in the area of youth sport & specifically the psychosocial development of athletes apple.co/47JfePR

A snippet of this week's episode of The Sport Psych Show with Sam Thrower. Sam and I discuss a paper he led which examined enhancing wellbeing, long-term development, and performance in youth sport. Take a listen to the full episode here apple.co/47JfePR

New paper! BPS Sport & Exercise Psychology (DSEP) Position Statement: Psychological skills training for performance enhancement, long-term development, and wellbeing in youth sport. Open access link here: researchgate.net/publication/38…