Archive for September, 2009

AASP 2009 – The Art and Science of Applied Sport Psychology

September 22nd, 2009

by Stephen Walker, PhD, CC-AASP
From the Editor
Salt Lake City, Utah – It dawned on me while attending the 24th annual AASP conference – that I had participated in the 2nd one held in Nashua, New Hampshire way back in the fall of 1987. Holy Moly!  I is old and the pic above proves it showing [...]

Predicting Injury in Collegiate Basketball – Is it Possible?

September 15th, 2009

Podium’s Podcast of the Week – An Interview with Jessica Laber: researching contributory factors in predicting injury amongst collegiate basketball players.
by Stephen Walker, PhD, CC-AASP
Laura Finch and Jessica Laber are focused as both athletic trainers and sports scientists on the controversial issues surrounding who is and who isn’t at greatest risk of injury in collegiate [...]

Serena Williams US Open Debacle: The Foot Fault

September 13th, 2009

Lack of Mental Toughness Costly

by Stephen Walker, PhD, CC-AASP – Boulder, Colorado
We assume that those who play on the world stage at the highest levels of sport have schooled themselves mentally to keep their wits about them in the toughest of situations.  Perhaps we assume wrong. Yesterday’s Semi-final in the women’s US OPEN Tennis Championships [...]