The Performance Psychcast - Episode 31 - Psychology in Sports Coaching - Professor Adam Nicholls

Hi everyone and welcome to another episode of the Performance Psychcast. Today we are very fortunate to be speaking with Professor Adam Nicholls.  Adam is a professor of psychology at Hull University. His main focus of his research relates to the psycho-social factors that predict doping among adolescent athletes, along with coping and emotions among athletes. His research is supported by more than £1.1 million as a principal investigator and £1.5 million including all projects. He has published more than 85 journal articles and written three books. His book, Psychology for Coaches: Theory and Practice has also been translated into Arabic and Hungarian. In addition to pursuing his own research interests, Adam is the leader of the Sport Psychology and Coaching group. This role involves him developing a research strategy and impact case studies for the next Research Excellence Framework, in addition to mentoring individuals in terms of developing a research profile and writing grant applications. Adam is also a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Book:  https://www.routledge.com/Psychology-in-Sports-Coaching-Theory-and-Practice/Nicholls/p/book/9781032062600  Email: [email protected] Paper: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00641/full  www.arcope.co.uk  www.focuperform.co.uk  www.sportingbounce.com  The online directory of sport performance specialists. Sportingbounce helps connect specialists in sport psychology, nutrition, sports massage, injury rehabilitation, coaching, and fitness training s with clients. With a daily spend on Google Adwords, social media advertising, and excellent organic rankings on search engines your business will get found on sporting bounce. Visit sportingbounce.com to find out how sporting bounce can help you. Don’t forget that listeners of this podcast can get 50% off the Premium membership package by entering the code performance, that’s “PERFORMANCE” meaning you get the best possible coverage for less than 20 pence a day!