Tag: Sport Psychology
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How to Start the First 30 Days of Your Weight-Loss Journey | My Fitness Pal
This increases your sense of autonomy or self-control and helps you shift your perspective from “I have to” eat healthier and exercise to “I want to” create new habits to get me closer to the life I desire, thus empowering you to make positive changes, adds Alan Chu, Ph. D., director of the Motivation and Performance Research Lab…
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Do you set goals for self-care practices? Prof. Chu published a blog article to highlight the importance of doing so
It is not uncommon for individuals, including athletes, to set goals to meet performance demands or achieve certain performance outcomes. However, how often do we set goals related to self-care? UW-Green Bay Prof. Alan Chu, Chair of the M.S. Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology Program, published a peer-reviewed blog article on “Goal Setting and Monitoring…
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Psychology graduate Adam Ahrens and Prof. Chu published article to address African American athletes’ psychological needs
Adam Ahrens, a recent Psychology graduate, and Assistant Professor. Alan Chu, Chair of the M.S. Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology Program, published an article titled “Motivation Is Not Always Black and White: Attending to African American Athletes’ Psychological Needs for Sport Involvement” in Strategies: A Journal for Physical and Sport Educators. In this article, they…
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Faculty note: Professor Chu’s new article is featured by the Center for Self-Determination Theory
Assistant Professor and Chair, Alan Chu (M.S Sport, Excercise, and Performance Psychology) and his colleagues published a new article that shows high school athletes might be less active when coaches are disempowering, such as using punishing and yelling techniques. This article is featured by the Center for Self-Determination Theory, one of the most established motivation…
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Video: M.S. Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology Program
When you apply to the Master of Science in Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology program at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, you will learn how to help athletes and other performers like musicians, actors, and business professionals enhance their performances by harnessing the power of psychological skills. Meet instructors who will share with you the…
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Want to feel motivated? Tell yourself you ‘get to’ or ‘want to’ rather than ‘have to’
In the WebMD article titled “Getting Motivated to Start a Workout Program,” UW-Green Bay Chair of M.S. Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology Alan Chu is quoted on how to make realistic plans, focus on fun, “fake it until you make it,” and find workout buddies to stay motivated. In order to sustain the motivation, we…
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Faculty note: Professor Chu advises on how to find the motivation you’ve been missing
Chair and Assistant Professor Alan Chu (Sport, Exercise and Performance Psychology) shares with The Medium about how to find the motivation to do schoolwork, exercise, eat healthily, or help others to do so, based on scientific research in motivation. “If we want to motivate people in the long run, we can’t do that using external…
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Professor Chu speaks to Sports Illustrated En Fuego about table tennis being a platform for diversity and inclusion
Chair and Assistant Professor Alan Chu (Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology) spoke recently with Sports Illustrated about table tennis being a platform for diversity and inclusion. Prof. Chu has been a competitive table tennis player and internationally certified coach who actively promotes table tennis participation among individuals with diverse identities from various cultural backgrounds. He…
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Prof Chu speaks with Nike.com about the power of visualization for unlocking athletic and personal success
UW-Green Bay Assistant Prof. (Chair of Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology) Alan Chu spoke with Nike about the power of visualization for unlocking athletic and personal success and was quoted in the article, “See It Happen to Make It Happen.” When you imagine every detail, scenario and emotion involved in achieving your goal, you’re actually…
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Prof. Chu published an article on using positive psychology to foster student engagement during the pandemic
UW-Green Bay Assistant Prof. Alan Chu (Chair of the M.S. Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology), published an article titled “Applying positive psychology to foster student engagement and classroom community amid the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond” in Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Psychology. The article discusses implementation of three positive psychology teaching strategies—strengths identification and…