The field of sport psychology is undergoing a massive change due to new developments in our understanding of neuroscience. For this issue of the Notes, I want to review how modern sport psychology rooted in new neuroscience research helps us better understand the athlete’s brain…

When I began writing my book Breakthroughs Need Breakdowns, I needed to provide a case study about an athlete population that consistently deals with the Yips. For this issue of the Notes, I want to talk about how NASCAR drivers influenced this book and how they deal with a version of the Yips called Whiplash Syndrome…

During the writing process for my book Breakthroughs Need Breakdowns, I needed to thoroughly research all of the literature that would help me better understand the Yips. While not a sport psychology book, Antonio Damasio’s book The Feeling Of What Happens significantly guided my thinking on this issue and how to help athletes overcome the Yips in sports…

When writing Breakthroughs Need Breakdowns, I wanted to make sure that readers would not only learn how to overcome mental blocks, but also discover new strategies to achieve peak mental performance. In the book, I discuss how elite energy management skills can accomplish this. Learn more in this section of the Notes about the connection between energy management and sport psychology…

The Yips is a psychological phenomenon when athletes can no longer perform even simple movements in sports despite no current presence of an injury. In my book Breakthroughs Need Breakdowns, I review the science of the Yips in great detail. Learn more about this in the Notes...

Athletes understand that there are certain mindsets that they need to tap into in order to perform at a high level. In my book Breakthroughs Need Breakdowns I explore how athletes can mentally train to be aggressive in sports. Learn more about this in the Notes...

The top sport psychologists and coaches in the field of mental skills training are using a new technique called Brainspotting. Learn more about what Brainspotting is, how it work, and the influence it had on my book Breakthroughs Need Breakdowns...

When athletes go to work with sport psychologists, they are looking for mental skills training approaches to gain the edge over their competition. I want to review the top 3 sport psychology approaches that I discuss in my upcoming book Breakthroughs Need Breakdowns...

When athletes go to work with sport psychologists, they will use different mental training skills to improve their psychological performance. One technique they are using to help athletes gain the edge in competition is Brainspotting. Learn more about how this approach helps athletes clear trauma and achieve their peak potential.

When athletes go to work with the top sport psychologists, they will use the most advanced mental training skills to help them accomplish their goals. In my book Breakthroughs Need Breakdowns, I review two of these strategies (somatic exercises & energy management skills) and how athletes can apply them in their training...

Athletes and coaches are constantly looking for resources to achieve new levels of performance. One area where athletes can excel in their development is through the field of sport psychology. Learn about what I consider to be the top 3 sport psychology books that athletes can use to improve their mental performance!

Athletes look for any sport psychology book to help them improve their mental game. But one of the least discussed sport psychology book that all athletes should read is The Body Keeps the Score. This book had significant influence over my book Breakthroughs Need Breakdowns...

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When athletes are no longer able to perform even simple sport movements, most people refer to this as a mental block. Sport psychologists will commonly call this the Yips. There are many factors that affect the Yips, one of which is athletic identity. I recently co-authored an AASP blog post with my colleague Alex Bolowich on this issue...

When athletes such as baseball players, racecar drivers and golfers have mental blocks, this can be called the Yips. Ben Foodman is releasing his upcoming book Breakthroughs Need Breakdowns for athletes and sport psychologists to use to beat the Yips...

Without question, my book Breakthroughs Need Breakdowns was heavily inspired by Dr. David Grand's discovery of Brainspotting. Specifically, his book This Is Your Brain On Sports was a critical source for my work. In this post I give my analysis of his invaluable book...