Our second showcase was held on the 7th June 2022, online, provided by Newcastle University. Our steering group had some familiar faces but also some new additions, who came together to host a range of speakers, psychologists, athletes and even a trainee practitioner workshop! Once again, we had a high level of attendance throughout the day, and the event also was a huge success! 

A big congratulations to all that presented, especially Lucy Witherspoon, recipient of 'Best Student Talk' award! 

See below for our full list of speakers at the 2022 event, and their talk titles: 

Keynote Speakers

• David Shearer (Professor in Elite Performance Psychology, University of South Wales) – Creating Thriving Environments in High-Performance Contexts. (Link to Talk here)
• Josephine Perry (Director of Performance in Mind) – 10 Sports Psych Tools to Help you be a more Successful Coach. (Link to Talk here)

Sport Psychology Insight Speakers

• Laura Fenwick (Postgraduate Researcher, York St. John University) - Introducing Perfectionistic Climate. (Link to Talk here)
• William Deacon (BASES SEPAR Trainee) - Using Think Aloud to Improve Coaching Practice within an Elite Football Academy. (Link to Talk here)
• Iwan Rowlands (PhD Student, University of South Wales) - Investigating the Global Picture of Athletes' Recovery Behaviours and Attitudes.
• Wojciech Waleriańczyk (PhD Student, University of Warsaw) - What are the Big Five personality traits and how can they help you to better understand your athletes?
• Dr Matthew Bird (Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Psychology, University of Lincoln) - Performance Profiling in Coaching Practice.
• Charlotte Downing (PhD Student, Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences) - Early specialisation in aesthetic activities: An overview of recent findings.

Practical Trainee Sport Psychology Workshops

• Workshop 1: Perfectionism: A Pathway to Success or Distress?
•                 Ran by Bella Harness, Katie Galloway, George Abraham and Will Mitchell.
• Workshop 2: Practical suggestions for coaches: Creating a Psychologically Informed Environment (PIE) for your athletes.
•                 Ran by Karl Ramos, George Clifford and Jordan.

Coach Speakers

• Eddie Sanjuan (Scotland National Touch Rugby Coach) – Pillars of Play. (Link to Talk here)
• Darren Fearn (Former Rugby Union pro, Newcastle University Director of Rugby, and England Rugby Students Head Coach) - My experiences of psychology in professional rugby.
• Paul Greaves (International Performance Coach and Senior Lecturer, Sheffield Hallam University) - Sports Psychology and Elite Coaching Practice.

Student Sport Psychology Talks

• James Black (Sport and Exercise Science Student, York St. John University) - Perfectionism and Sport Performance: A Prospective Study. (Link to Talk here)
• John Fleetwood (Newcastle University) - Life in the Academy: The Mental Health of Young Footballers. (Link to Talk here)
• Lucy Witherspoon (Psychology Student, Newcastle University) - A Comparative Study of Organisational Stress in Elite Sport, Examining the Differences Between Amateur Touch Rugby Players and Professional Rugby Union Players. (Link to talk here)

Sport & Performance Psychology Practitioner Talks

• Muhammad Saqib (Performance Psychology Consultant and Founder of MD Performance Psychology) - Applying psychology in a team. The coach is a performer too- don't forget it! (Link to Talk here)
• Jack Hicks-Flynn C.Psychol (Lead Sport Psychologist & Player Welfare Officer at Portsmouth FC.) - Delivering Applied Sport Psychology in Academy Football. (Link to Talk here)
• Philip Lew (Sport Psychology Officer, National Sports Institute of Malaysia) - Well and/or Win: Practicing Psychological Self Care of Optimizing Support & Performance in Sport & Life? (Link to Talk here)

Athlete Panel

• Tomiwa Agbongbon – Professional Rugby Player for Leicester Tigers. (Link to Talk here)

Sport Psychologist and Coach Talk

• Dr Ross Hall (HCPC Registered Sport Psychologist) and Kevin Johnson (Hockey Wales Director of Performance and Head Coach of Wales Women's Senior Hockey team) - Incorporating task-focused communications to enhance team performance: Head coach and performance psychologist intervention reflections.