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health, 4 and increase overuse injury risk. 2 Indeed, teams with lower injury rates within the season are more successful in domestic leagues and cup competitions. 5 Soccer practitioners are thus responsible for implementing an effective and evidence-informed battery of interventions to accelerate

The relationship between sport psychology practitioners and their athlete clients is consistently recognized as very important for the outcomes of sport psychology consultancy (e.g.,  Andersen & Speed, 2010 ; Petitpas et al., 1999 ; Sharp et al., 2015 ). Nevertheless, what is required in the

and physical activity. The central tenets of CSP align with the aforementioned philosophy concerning cultural competence, with the subsequent goals being to (a) reveal the cultural standpoint of each participant, (b) understand the role of the researcher/practitioner and what cultural lens they

suggested to include the collated integration of athlete and coach values, practitioner expertise, and research evidence to inform the decision-making process, including the planning, delivery, and reflection on practice to improve performance. 3 , 4 This process of EBP involves collating the knowledge and

Olympics to date 12 ). Consequently, understanding the magnitude, nuances, and real/perceived barriers of this evidence-to-practice disconnect for HA, and associated nutritional strategies, in elite athletes and practitioners, appears prudent. These data could guide practice itself alongside practitioner

the health care sector, nurses could have either clinical or management roles, or even both, depending on their job description. 12 In this context, a nurse clinical practitioner (NCP) usually refers to a young individual who has more clinical roles but less professional experience, whereas a nurse

Applied sport psychology practitioners are one of the key instruments to successful service delivery within elite sporting environments ( Poczwardowski, 2017 ). In turn, the development of competence as an applied practitioner is directly related to the person behind the practitioner

nature of these challenges in the sport lend them to engagement with sport psychology, and sport psychology practitioners. While this is the case, sport psychology provision in cricket has lagged behind many other sports and domains, particularly in comparison with Olympic sports in the United Kingdom

Context-driven practice is a recognized trend in contemporary sport psychology ( Schinke, McGannon, Parham, & Lane, 2012 ). A recent Special Issue of Journal of Sport Psychology in Action ( Schinke & Stambulova, 2017 ) focuses on the practitioners’ experiences of working in different contexts and

the role of regular physical and mental practice on motor control and motor execution strategies. Regular Yoga practitioners undergo body and mind exercises, which facilitate and actively stabilize mechanically unstable positions, such as single-leg stance, while the upper body assumes unusual