Evidence

Emotion regulation in sport:

  • Tamminen KA, Kim J, Danyluck C, McEwen CE, Wagstaff CR, Wolf SA. The effect of self-and interpersonal emotion regulation on athletes’ anxiety and goal achievement in competition. Psychology of Sport and Exercise. 2021 Nov 1;57:102034.

Sleep:

  • Arora T, Grey I, Östlundh L, Alamoodi A, Omar OM, Lam KB, Grandner M. A systematic review and meta-analysis to assess the relationship between sleep duration/quality, mental toughness and resilience amongst healthy individuals. Sleep medicine reviews. 2022 Apr 1;62:101593.
  • Fullagar HH, Skorski S, Duffield R, Hammes D, Coutts AJ, Meyer T. Sleep and athletic performance: the effects of sleep loss on exercise performance, and physiological and cognitive responses to exercise. Sports medicine. 2015 Feb;45(2):161-86. 
  • Germain A, Dretsch M. Sleep and resilience—a call for prevention and intervention. Sleep. 2016 May 1;39(5):963-5. 
  • Mah CD, Mah KE, Kezirian EJ, Dement WC. The effects of sleep extension on the athletic performance of collegiate basketball players. Sleep. 2011 Jul 1;34(7):943-50. 
  • Milewski MD, Skaggs DL, Bishop GA, Pace JL, Ibrahim DA, Wren TA, Barzdukas A. Chronic lack of sleep is associated with increased sports injuries in adolescent athletes. Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics. 2014 Mar 1;34(2):129-33.
  • Simpson NS, Gibbs EL, Matheson GO. Optimizing sleep to maximize performance: implications and recommendations for elite athletes. Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports. 2017 Mar;27(3):266-74.
  • Watson AM. Sleep and athletic performance. Current sports medicine reports. 2017 Nov 1;16(6):413-8.
     

Breathing, meditation and mindfulness:

  • Hunt MG, Rushton J, Shenberger E, Murayama S. Positive effects of diaphragmatic breathing on physiological stress reactivity in varsity athletes. Journal of Clinical Sport Psychology. 2018 Mar 1;12(1):27-38.Martin H. Breathe, Focus, Excel: Exercises, Techniques, and Strategies for Optimal Athletic Performance. Human Kinetics; 2023 Jan 16.
  • Kim TY, Kim JH. Performance enhancement through meditation in athletes: insights from a systematic review of randomized controlled trials. Explore. 2021 Sep 1;17(5):403-9.
  • Migliaccio GM, Russo L, Maric M, Padulo J. Sports performance and breathing rate: What is the connection? A narrative review on breathing strategies. Sports. 2023 May 10;11(5):103.
  • Sappington R, Longshore K. Systematically reviewing the efficacy of mindfulness-based interventions for enhanced athletic performance. Journal of Clinical Sport Psychology. 2015 Sep 1;9(3):232-62.
     

Social support, social cohesion and social skills:

  • Carron AV, Colman MM, Wheeler J, Stevens D. Cohesion and performance in sport: A meta analysis. Journal of sport and exercise psychology. 2002 Jun 1;24(2):168-88.
  • Fogaca JL. Combining mental health and performance interventions: Coping and social support for student-athletes. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology. 2021 Jan 2;33(1):4-19.
  • Weidmann B, Deming DJ. Team players: How social skills improve team performance. Econometrica. 2021 Nov;89(6):2637-57.

Goal setting:

  • Senécal J, Loughead TM, Bloom GA. A season-long team-building intervention: Examining the effect of team goal setting on cohesion. Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology. 2008 Apr 1;30(2):186-99.
  • Kyllo LB, Landers DM. Goal setting in sport and exercise: A research synthesis to resolve the controversy. Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology. 1995 Jun 1;17(2):117-37.