Staff Profile

Qualifications

PhD, University of South Wales

BSc Sport Psychology, University of South Wales

Membership

British Psychological Society - Chartered Psychologist (CPsychol)

British Association of Sport and Exercise Science - Professional Member

Higher Education Academy - Fellow (FHEA)

I am a pragmatic researcher interested in multiple areas of applied sport psychology. My research to date has predominantly focused on exploring the psychology of taper, psychological factors associated with fatigue-recovery states, and the use of heart-rate variability biofeedback to prepare athletes to compete effectively. Alongside these specific interests, I am also more broadly interested in the interaction between psychology and physiology and how specific athletic contexts influence experience (e.g., taper, warm-ups, etc).

Module leader

PSY3046 Psychology for Sport Performance

Contributor

PSY3039 Clinical Sport and Exercise Psychology 

PSY8034 Professional Issues in Clinical, Health, and Forensic Psychology 

Supervisor

PSY3097 Undergraduate Empirical Project

PSY8037 MSc Foundations in Clinical Psychology Empirical Project

• Stone MJ, Knight CJ, Hall R, Shearer C, Nicholas R, Shearer DA. The psychology of athletic tapering in sport: A scoping review. Sports Medicine 2022. In Press.
• Stone MJ, Knight CJ, Hall R, Shearer C, Shearer DA. Cognitive, emotional, and behavioural factors associated with tapering. In: Sport and Exercise Science New Zealand Annual Conference. 2018, Dunedin, New Zealand.
• Stone MJ, Knight CJ, Hall R, Shearer C, Shearer DA. Tapering: A review for swim coaches. In: English Institute of Sport National Conference. 2017, Hinckley, UK: EIS.
• Stone MJ, Knight CJ, Shearer C, Shearer DA. An interpretive description of the conceptualisations of the taper process from the perspective of elite swimmers and swim coaches. In: The Division of Sport and Exercise Psychology Conference. 2016, Cardiff, UK: The British Psychological Society.