Courtside Podcast

Julie Blackwood is a Sport Psychologist, passionate about helping people to get the best out of themselves and others. Julie joins us on Courtside and unpacks the following topics with the aim of helping us as courtside parents to understand the emotional dynamics that happen when our children play the sport they love. The importance of players to have a better understanding of themselves, in order to cope with the psychological demands of the game.   To consider Sport Phycology as Mental Strength and Conditioning and not as a trip to see the Physio. To provide opportunities for our children to play a wider breadth of players and thus remove what Julie calls; Ego Protection which can be the enemy of Game Development. The need to reward development and effort The risk that competition can be seen as a test, rather than as a live learning environment. So as you can see this is a rich podcast with so much for us to reflect upon.    Connect with Julie Web: www.jbsportpsych.com  Tw: @JB_sportpsych   Thanks so mu