@AlanMcKay2

🇮🇪, PhD, Senior RA at the FAW Centre for Football Research 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿. If it's a sport, I'll probably watch it.

 Cardiff, Wales
Joined April 2012
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Don't forget to listen to this week's episode of The Sport Psych Show with sport psychologist Dr Alan McKay @AlanMcKay2. Alan and I discuss how athletes can work to develop mental toughness. Listen here buff.ly/uoiq0yl
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New episode of The Sport Psych Show! This week I'm joined by sport psychologist Dr Alan McKay @AlanMcKay2. Alan and I discuss how athletes can work to develop mental toughness. Listen here buff.ly/uoiq0yl
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A snippet of my conversation with Dr Alan McKay @AlanMcKay2 on this week's episode of The Sport Psych Show. Alan speaks to me about how athletes develop mental toughness and the characteristics that make an athlete mentally tough. Take a listen here buff.ly/uoiq0yl
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A snippet of my conversation with Dr Alan McKay @AlanMcKay2 on this week's episode of The Sport Psych Show. Alan speaks to me about how athletes develop mental toughness and the characteristics that make an athlete mentally tough. Take a listen here buff.ly/uoiq0yl
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"...players develop their mental toughness through their relationships...across competitive, training and developmental contexts" - Dr Alan McKay @AlanMcKay2 on this week's episode of The Sport Psych Show. Listen to the full episode here buff.ly/uoiq0yl
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Really enjoyed working on this study (just published in JASP @tandfonline) with a superb team: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.… - strong C/A relationships, realistic expectations, and athlete confidence can improve the success of taper in elite swimming @davshearer @USWSport @USWResearch

Elite swimmers’ and coaches’ understanding and psychological experience of taper: A multi-phase...

Taper is an important component of race preparation in swimming but often misunderstood by athletes and coaches. Thus, through a multi-phase qualitative investigation, we aimed to examine swimmers’...

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Honoured to present the @FAWales Centre for Football Research Annual Report 24-25 media-faw-cymru.s3.eu-west-2… - please get in touch if you'd like more info or if you'd like to contribute! @UniSouthWales @USWSport @AlanMcKay2 @FAWCoachEd @WIPSCymru
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Are you a performer involved in sport in any role (athlete/staff) or at any level? Please click the below link and complete our questionnaire exploring how reflective practice impacts on individual's mental well-being and performance. @BrendanCropley @Bully__22 👇🏻I owe you one 🙏🏻
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Professor Brendan Cropley FBASES, Dr Lee Baldock, & Dr Alan McKay from the University of South Wales are conducting a study that aims to investigate the impact of reflection on an individual’s mental well-being & performance. Check out the article for more bit.ly/3NdDUIm
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Research Participation Request: Are you an athlete (any level), coach, or do you work in sport in a performance support role (e.g., sport psych, S&C, performance analyst etc.)? If so, please read below and if you’d be happy to participate, we’d really appreciate it! (link below)
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I'd really appreciate it if you could check out the information on the attached image and if you fit the bill and are willing to support our research project, complete the questionnaire via the following link: app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk… 🙏
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Had a fantastic week @fepsac2024 presenting my research on mental toughness development with the FAW. Can't think of many places I've visited that are more beautiful than Innsbruck ⛰️🚠 Great to catch up with old colleagues and meet so many new people - bring on Romania 2026 😉
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Great to see @Bully__22 and @AlanMcKay2 presenting their research at @fepsac2024 and discussing the applied implications of their work
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Fully-funded Professional Doctorate in Sport & Exercise Psychology @portsmouthuni @UoPScience with @NorwichCityFC tinyurl.com/y2k3xuf9
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Extremely pleased to present the first @FAWales Centre for Football Research Annual Report. Huge thanks to @AlanMcKay2 @WIPSCymru @AdamsDavidFooty and @NoelMooney13 for supporting this - media-faw-cymru.s3.eu-west-2… @USWSport @USWResearch
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Sharing some thoughts from our presentation at the @WGSSSDTP conference yesterday. The potential benefits of purposeful, meaningful reflective practice for researchers and some things to consider from an applied perspective @AlanMcKay2 @HannahWixcey
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Absolutely awesome few days at the Pan Wales Sport, Health, and Exercise Science PhD Conference! Excellently hosted @BangorUni and a pleasure to watch a strong cohort from @USWSport do a great job of presenting their PhD work/keynotes!
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Not often you get the privilege of sharing the floor with two top class researchers and even better people! @BrendanCropley @HannahWixcey Thanks @WGSSSDTP for putting on such a great conference. Roll on next year at USW!
Brendan Cropley@BrendanCropley16 May 2024
Huge thank you to @WGSSSDTP for giving us the chance to present at the 2024 Pan Wales Sport & Exercise Science PGR conference. Really enjoyed sharing ideas about reflective practice and researcher development and it was an honour to share the floor with @HannahWixcey @AlanMcKay2
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Huge thank you to @WGSSSDTP for giving us the chance to present at the 2024 Pan Wales Sport & Exercise Science PGR conference. Really enjoyed sharing ideas about reflective practice and researcher development and it was an honour to share the floor with @HannahWixcey @AlanMcKay2
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🚨Job alert! We’re advertising for a Lecturer or Senior Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Psychology @LJMUSportSci If you’re interested or have any questions then please get in touch! Closing date: 13 May jobs.ac.uk/job/DHG445/lectur…
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