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Overview

Ian Maynard is affiliated with the University of Essex in the United Kingdom, specializing primarily in Psychology and Medicine. Their work spans several subfields, including Developmental and Educational Psychology, Social Psychology, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Applied Psychology, and General Health Professions.

The researcher's main topics of study focus on Sport Psychology and Performance, Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports, Behavioral Health and Interventions, Sports Performance and Training, Sports Injuries and Prevention, Health Sciences Research and Education, as well as Counseling Practices and Supervision.

Among frequent publication venues for Ian Maynard are The Sport Psychologist, Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, Journal of Sport Psychology in Action, and Sport Exercise and Performance Psychology.

Recent papers include:

  • Pressure training for performance domains: A meta-analysis, 2020, Sport Exercise and Performance Psychology
  • The role and creation of pressure in training: Perspectives of athletes and sport psychologists, 2022, Journal of Applied Sport Psychology
  • Pressure Training: From Research to Applied Practice, 2023, Journal of Sport Psychology in Action
  • Effective Delivery of Pressure Training: Perspectives of Athletes and Sport Psychologists, 2022, The Sport Psychologist
  • Exploring the processes of evidence-informed decision-making in applied sport psychology, 2023, Journal of Applied Sport Psychology

Frequent collaborators working with Ian Maynard include Joanne Butt, Paul Freeman, William Low, Mike Stoker, and Marie E. Winter, reflecting a collaborative research network within sport psychology and related areas.

Best Publications

  • Psychological preparation for the Olympic Games

    Daniel Gould;Ian Maynard

  • Identifying factors perceived to influence the development of elite youth football academy players

    Andrew Mills;Joanne Butt;Ian Maynard;Chris Harwood

  • Stress in Elite Sports Coaching: Identifying Stressors

    Peter Olusoga;Joanne Butt;Kate Hays;Ian Maynard

  • The role of confidence in world-class sport performance

    Kate Hays;Owen Thomas;Ian Maynard;Mark Bawden

  • Sources and Types of Confidence Identified by World Class Sport Performers

    Kate Hays;Ian Maynard;Owen Thomas;Mark Bawden

  • Competitive anxiety responses in the week leading up to competition: the role of intensity, direction and frequency dimensions

    Sheldon Hanton;Owen Thomas;Ian Maynard

  • Stress and Coping: A Study of World Class Coaches

    Peter Olusoga;Joanne Butt;Ian Maynard;Kate Hays

  • Effects of asynchronous music on flow states and shooting performance among netball players

    John Pates;Costas I. Karageorghis;R. Fryer;Ian Maynard

  • The effect of multiple-goal strategies on performance outcomes in training and competition

    William C. D. Filby;Ian W. Maynard;Jan K. Graydon

  • Effects of hypnosis on flow states and golf performance.

    John Pates;Ian Maynard

  • The effects of hypnosis on flow states and three-point shooting performance in basketball players.

    John Pates;Andrew J. Cummings;Ian Maynard

  • The effects of a mental skills package on ‘repeatable good performance’ in cricketers

    Richard Thelwell;I. Maynard

  • The impact of collective efficacy beliefs on effort and persistence in a group task

    I.A. Greenlees;J.K. Graydon;I.W. Maynard

  • The Effects of a Somatic Intervention Strategy on Competitive State Anxiety and Performance in Semiprofessional Soccer Players

    Ian W. Maynard;Brian Hemmings;Lawrence Warwick-Evans

  • The Effects of a Cognitive Intervention Strategy on Competitive State Anxiety and Performance in Semiprofessional Soccer Players

    Ian W. Maynard;Martin J. Smith;Lawrence Warwick-Evans

  • Factors Underpinning Football Officiating Excellence: Perceptions of English Premier League Referees

    Liam A. Slack;Ian W. Maynard;Joanne Butt;Peter Olusoga

  • Coaching under pressure: A study of Olympic coaches

    Peter Olusoga;Ian Maynard;Kate Hays;Joanne Butt

  • Temporal aspects of competitive anxiety and self-confidence as a function of anxiety perceptions

    Owen Thomas;Ian Maynard;Sheldon Hanton

  • An Investigation of Two Stress-Management Techniques in a Field Setting

    Ian W. Maynard;Peter C.J. Cotton

  • Towards an understanding of the personal experience of the 'yips' in cricketers.

    Mark Bawden;Ian Maynard

  • Preferred exercise mode and affective responses in physically active adults

    Amanda J. Daley;Ian W. Maynard

Frequent Co-Authors

Keith Davids
Keith Davids Sheffield Hallam University
Richard C. Thelwell
Richard C. Thelwell University of Portsmouth
Sheldon Hanton
Sheldon Hanton Cardiff Metropolitan University
Chris G. Harwood
Chris G. Harwood Loughborough University
Tim Woodman
Tim Woodman Bangor University
Daniel Gould
Daniel Gould Michigan State University
Costas I. Karageorghis
Costas I. Karageorghis Brunel University London

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