By Larry Lauer, Ph D
“I wouldn’t want to coach her, she is a head case!”
“He will never be a great player. He is so mentally weak.”
Have you heard coaches, spectators, television and sport talk commentators mutter these words? I certainly have heard these jabs at very capable professional and amateur athletes, and it is frustrating […]

By Cheryl Coker, Ph.D, New Mexico State University, appearing in the Mind Games section of the USOC Olympic Coach E-Magazine, Winter 2008 issue. Here’s the link to the issue.
The importance of providing athletes feedback regarding their performance is without question. Unfortunately, a number of feedback traps exist that coaches can fall into. These traps reduce […]

For Podium Sports Journal by Stephen Walker, Ph.D. and Alec Baker, B.A.
What happens when you combine the speed of five great athletes in helmets and pads sprinting on ice skates straight at you? Oh yeah, they’re also bearing weapons. A simple collision, of which there are many, often sends metal blades and long sticks every […]