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by Dr. Stephen Walker – Editor-in-Chief - Podium Sports Journal No one ever wants...
Consistent with other Posts on Podium – this article helps define mental training skills...
by Matt Long, MA, MEd, and Stephen Walker, PhD “What wins championships?” Kobe Bryant:...
Consistent with other Posts on Podium – this article helps define mental training skills and priorities in being able to practice with a purpose and take those skills onto the field of play, in this case, the golf course. Matt does a great job emphasizing the key elements to accomplishing just that. Enjoy! –...
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by Matt Long, MA, MEd, and Stephen Walker, PhD “What wins championships?” Kobe Bryant: “Togetherness. Finding a way to play that maximizes each other’s talents. It’s not about speed, it’s not about athleticism.” Kobe Bryant knows a little bit about winning championships. With five NBA titles under his belt and two Olympic gold...
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Amy Cuddy, Harvard researcher on Body Language reviews research and anecdotes that reveal how ‘Power Poses’ can alter not only how others perceive us – but more importantly – HOW WE EXPERIENCE stressful evaluative situations. I’ve often spoken to the relationship between neurotransmitters and the sequence of how feelings – emotions – moods –...
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Podcast of the Week – Dr. Larry Lauer – Keys to Coaching Youth Hockey Dr. Larry Lauer is the Director of Coaching Education and Development at Michigan State University’s Institute for the Study of Youth Sports. He has played hockey for many years and continues to coach the game. As a AASP certified sport...
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Podcast Interview with Dr. Andrea Becker on Perceptual Differences in Optimism & Coaching Effectiveness Coaching is a tremendously dynamic process. One who studies coaching effectiveness is Dr. Andrea Becker from California State University at Fullerton. She will be the first to tell you that there are many different variables to coaching effectiveness. She’s...
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Dr. Lenny Wiersma is faculty at California State University, Fullerton and has long been an admirer of Big Wave Surfing. So he decided it might be good to understand more about the mental skills involved in this remarkable endeavor. He got a great sense of what these incredible athletes experience, train, and go through...
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by Earl Poteet, MSW Background After spending the 2011 baseball season as the team psychotherapist for the Colorado State University-Pueblo Thunderwolves – (see “Performance Work with College Baseball Pitchers, A Case Study,” Podium Sports Journal July 2011) – I continued to have contact with several of the players who had not graduated the previous...
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Part One in the Series – Using the Body Report by John Beeby If you want get straight down to using the techniques jump to the ‘Techniques’ section below. For a little more background read the Introduction first…… Introduction From the outset, research and practice around the use of mental imagery or visualization in...
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Podcast of the Week – Dr. Larry Lauer – Keys to Coaching Youth Hockey Dr. Larry Lauer is the Director of Coaching Education and Development at Michigan State University’s Institute for the Study of Youth Sports. He has played hockey for many years and continues to coach the game. As a AASP certified sport...
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Podcast Interview with Dr. Andrea Becker on Perceptual Differences in Optimism & Coaching Effectiveness Coaching is a tremendously dynamic process. One who studies coaching effectiveness is Dr. Andrea Becker from California State University at Fullerton. She will be the first to tell you that there are many different variables to coaching effectiveness. She’s...
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Dr. Lenny Wiersma is faculty at California State University, Fullerton and has long been an admirer of Big Wave Surfing. So he decided it might be good to understand more about the mental skills involved in this remarkable endeavor. He got a great sense of what these incredible athletes experience, train, and go through...
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Podium Sports Journal’s Podcast of the Week – An interview with Drs. Noah Gentner and Vanessa Shannon by Dr. Stephen Walker, CC-AASP Sport Psychologists recognize the importance of mental skills & preparation strategies used by coaches and athletes before key athletic events. Most athletes understand their importance as well. But, what do these athletes...
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Podium Sports Journal’s Podcast of the Week – An interview with Drs. Noah Gentner and Vanessa Shannon by Dr. Stephen Walker, CC-AASP Sport Psychologists recognize the importance of mental skills and preparation strategies before key athletic events. Most athletes understand that these things are important as well. But, what do these athletes actually do...
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From the Editor (10.1.2011) Some of you may begin hearing about Dave Scott and Mark Allen’s concerns over the upcoming release of Matt Fitzgerald’s depiction of (“IronWar”, VeloPress, 2011). They feel strongly enough about the piece to sue the author and VeloPress for defamation of character and state flat out that there are erroneous...
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From the Editor: Having worked with numerous goalies and goal keepers over the years, it is pretty rare that you find an article, post, or podcast that does justice to the job these brave and “lonely” souls endeavor to do well. The podcast was my first exposure to Radiolab. You would think that Radiolab...
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Podium’s Podcast of the Month – Featuring – Dr. Kevin L. Burke Editor’s note: As the summer creeps into view, NASCAR is beginning to ramp up and The IRL is gaining momentum. America’s favorite racing venues are virtually sold out weeks in advance as fans clamor to catch all the action. Emerging as one...
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Health and Sport Performance Associates – Dr. Stephen Walker
by Dr. Stephen Walker – Editor-in-Chief - Podium Sports Journal No one ever wants to go there. No one wants to see it happen. As brutal and grueling as sport is there is one huge likelihood….and that is that we will experience injury. Hopefully, it is just a ding…sprain…bruise…contusion…bug…or require a simple brace, ice...
Consistent with other Posts on Podium – this article helps define mental training skills and priorities in being able to practice with a purpose and take those skills onto the field of play, in this case, the golf course. Matt does a great job emphasizing the key elements to accomplishing just that. Enjoy! –...
Shawn Achor has been an innovator and key promoter of the principles in Positive Psychology. As a researcher in this arena for the past 10 years, the results are gaining traction in numerous fields – but none need it more than in the field of coaching education. Old school methodology, and hard-nosed tough guy...
Editor’s note: This week the local paper did an expose about a local high school wresting coach who was arrested and charged with sexual assault on a minor by a person in a position of trust. Turns out this coach has a stellar won-loss record, steered his team to a State Championship and was...
