Mindfulness for sports performance: A systematic review
Channel: Michael Noetel Performance Psychologist
Date: 2018-05-29

Mindfulness and acceptance interventions have been argued to help athletes stay focused on the task they are performing. They suggest difficult thoughts and feelings are a normal part of being an athlete, and that athletes can learn to focus on the present moment regardless of those internal processes. A common acceptance-based approach is mindfulness, which hopes to help people develop non-judgmental awareness of the present moment.

How good are these approaches for promoting performance and wellbeing in athletes? Hopefully this video and the full paper will help you find out more.

Read the full paper here: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1750984X.2017.1387803

or find it using the reference below:

Noetel, M., Ciarrochi, J., Van Zanden, B., & Lonsdale, C. (2017). Mindfulness and acceptance approaches to sporting performance enhancement: a systematic review. International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 1–37. doi: 10.1080/1750984X.2017.1387803