InnerDrive Sports Blog


Adapt your coaching to boost athlete performance – with cognitive psychology

Here at InnerDrive HQ, we are always on the look out for research papers that offer insights into how cognitive psychology can be and is being used

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Are smartphones and apps making athletes worse at their sport?

Nowadays, it’s rare to not own a smartphone. Nearly everyone you know has one, and that’s no exaggeration: 86% of the world's population own a

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How to use Cold-Calling to enhance your athletes' performance

You may have heard about Cold-Calling in an educational setting. It’s a very popular strategy in schools – but what about sports?

Cold-Calling can

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Psychologically unsafe environments – what they are, and how to avoid them

Psychological safety is often seen as a desirable trait to have in sporting environments, but why? It’s a concept that has gained a lot of attention

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How to encourage athletes (and why your support matters)

“The unselfish effort to bring cheer to others will be the beginning of a happier life for ourselves” – Hellen Keller

Athletes. We know them, we

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How to best use instruction and feedback for athlete development

“Feedback is the breakfast of champions” – Ken Blanchard

Coaches, you have lead roles in your athletes’ lives. They listen to you and learn from you.

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The psychological barriers impacting referees (and how to overcome them)

Did you know that, on average, referees and match officials make over 130 explicit decisions per match and 3-4 decisions per minute? This shows they

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What separates elite athletes from the rest: Deliberate Practice

Have you ever wondered what makes your favourite elite athletes so good? How Kylian Mbappe can dribble at such speed? How Trayvon Bromwell can get

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Playing up your youth athletes: is it causing more harm than good?

In the sport psychology team here at InnerDrive, we’re always asked on our opinions about the age old “playing up” debate.

There are popular beliefs

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Does emotional intelligence matter in sports?

Emotions – we all have them. That’s what makes us human. However, did you know that the simple shift of having better knowledge of emotions could

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