Name: What are you thinking? Cognition and Performance in Endurance Sport
Start: 2024-11-13T18:00:00+00:00
End: 2024-11-13T20:00:00+00:00
Location: Giant Store Liverpool

Part of the Giant Liverpool with LJMU: Research into Science seminar series. Presented by Dr Amy Whitehead
About this Event

What are you thinking? Cognition and performance in endurance sport - Dr Amy Whitehead, Reader in Sport Psychology and Coaching, and Sport and Exercise Psychologist.

Our thoughts can have a huge impact on how we prepare, execute and enjoy (or not) our performance. But how often do you stop to consider what you are thinking and why? In this seminar Dr Amy Whitehead will share some of her research over the last 15 years where she has captured athletes thoughts as they perform to understand how thinking impacts on performance, and perceptions of performance. This work spans from endurance sport such as cycling and running, to golf and goal keeping, and recently Amy has been applying this work to medical education. This work has led to the development of educational interventions that can support reflection and decision making. So whether you are a keen endurance athlete, or just want to learn about some cool psychology work happening at LJMU this webinar is for you.

Dr Amy Whitehead – Bio

Amy is a Sport and Exercise Psychologist accredited through the British Psychological Society, and a Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) accredited Practitioner Psychologist. Amy also works as an Associate Professor (Reader) in Sport Psychology and Coaching at Liverpool John Moores University, and has a PhD in Sport Psychology. With over 50 publications in sport psychology and coaching, Amy is passionate about evidenced based practice and underpinning everything she does.

Amy has been working as an applied Sport and Exercise Psychologist for over 15 years and supports a wide range of athletes, coaches, and organizations; from professional football teams, to Olympic Medalists, to recreational athletes. She also has a mixed sporting background, having been a high-level junior tennis player, a national league basketballer, ultra-marathon runner and more recently, triathlete. Amy has competed in full Ironman distance (IM UK), 70.3, and the European Championships standard distance triathlon.