Over the years, an increasing number of students have asked me about becoming a sports psychologist. Students understand that our society loves sports, and (for better or worse) this love of sports ...

Editor’s Note: This story is a part of Peak, The Athletic’s new desk covering leadership, personal development and success through the lens of sports. Peak aims to connect readers to ideas they can ...

Sport psychology is a dynamic and rewarding field that bridges the gap between psychology and athletics. It focuses on helping athletes, teams, and organizations optimize performance, enhance mental ...

"The single most impactful change is moving beyond a sole reliance on 'SMART' goals and instead constructing a goal hierarchy," he says. "The SMART framework—Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant ...

That doesn’t mean that a little sports psychology can’t benefit the average runner, though. Elites have run scores of races, so their mental skills are likely to be as honed as their physical ones, ...

If there has been one constant across professional sports in recent years, it has been the investment of organizations for their athletes to improve their mental health. The Buffalo Bills are just ...

In a brief but powerful moment, PGA Tour pro Nicolás Echavarría shared advice from his sports psychologist that cut deeper than any swing tip: “Speak to yourself the way you’d speak to your best ...

Nationally-renowned sport psychologist Dr. Joel Fish is a Lower Merion High School graduate and an inductee into the Philadelphia Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. As director of The Center For Sport ...

Sport and Exercise Psychology is an interdisciplinary field that investigates the cognitive, emotional and behavioural processes underpinning both competitive sport and health‐related exercise. It ...

Before Cool Whip became the Joe DiMaggio of PBR with the longest consecutive buck-off streak in the sport’s history – 44 wins and counting – he nearly blew a chance at a Hall of Fame career. The bull ...

Nikki Little is the senior VP at Franco and an integrated communications professional with more than 17 years of experience. When I was in middle school, I wanted to be a psychologist. I’ve always ...

The Super Bowl is one of the world's most significant single-day sporting events. It attracts over 100 million U.S. viewers and [tens of millions of international viewers], making it an entertainment ...