Understanding physical injuries and mental health in sports
I’m not a psychologist, but as a mental skills trainer with two university degrees in the subject, Sport psychology is a subject that has always been close to my heart. It’s not without its challenges though. Throughout my studies at university, I discovered that one of the biggest challenges Sport Psychology faces is its shortcomings …
Lachlan Johnston has been involved in sports for most of his life. From playing the game to working in high performance, he is currently Squash Australia‘s High Performance Manager. We caught up with him to hear about his career and the game. Sportageous is a proud media partner of Squash Australia. Stay tuned for fortnightly …
Lachlan Johnston on High Performance and Squash Australia Read More »
Sports analyst, mental health advocate and community facilitator, Nicholas Bloom takes us through a lifelong love affair with sport and a decade of working in the industry. In this exclusive, Nicholas shares his views on COVID-19, and the prevalence of mental health issues and toxic masculinity, both in sport and wider society. Combining his greatest …
Nicholas Bloom: Finding the intersection of sport and mental health Read More »
Nicholas Bloom has worked in sports for a significant amount of time, from sports betting to playing squash and working with some of the largest organisations. In this exclusive he shares his experiences on the intersections between sports and mental health and much more
At 17, Guy Walker had already represented the Australian U19 Cricket team at a World Cup in Dubai. A few years later he gave up his cricketing career due to injuries and played in the AFL. Having played for both the Melbourne Renegades in the BBL and Melbourne FC in the AFL, Guy Walker called …
Guy Walker: pro-cricketer, AFL player and retired before the age of 24 Read More »
Upon arriving at the ICC Academy, the headquarters of UAE Cricket, Shahzada Asif Ejaz, is saying goodbye to his final patient before lunch, United Arab Emirates opening batsman, Chirag Suri. He welcomes me to the RU Active Sports Physiotherapy & Rehabilitation Centre, one of the leading sports physiotherapy clinics in the UAE located inside the …
Asif Ejaz: Physiotherapy with the Emirates, Afghanistan and Pakistan Cricket Board(s) Read More »
Recently, Glenn Maxwell, Nic Maddinson and Will Pucovski, withdrew from contention to play for Australia. Is the problem to do with cricket, specifically as a sport, and is Australian cricket alone in this battle against mental health? It is often thought that mental health issues revolve around depression and unhappiness. My last article centred on …
Mental Health Issues in cricket: Beyond depression and unhappiness Read More »
As a Sindhi, we shape the head of our newborns so that their head looks beautiful and not oval-shaped, like an egg. For many years I wondered, why is it that batters in Pakistan, are at best, second-rate, relative to the bowlers that we have produced. Then I began to wonder, as a Sindhi, why …
Flat Head Syndrome: Why a Sindhi batter has never played cricket for Pakistan Read More »
The mental health of athletes continues to be ignored, relative to physical health. The advent of new departments with a focus on mental healthcare and rehabilitation in sport science is the need of the hour, to not only improve performances but to save careers as well. In 2019, mental health has become a key subject …
