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Athletes in every sport will from time to time lose focus, become self-conscious, have self-doubts to contend with and worry about things. It happens especially in cycling, which can be grueling on the best of days. Emotions with strong physical components are the worst because they have what’s called an attractor field – an...
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by Will Murray & Stephen Walker Pre-race jitters bother almost everybody.  For some athletes, the jitters are so bad that they withdraw from some races or decide to give up racing altogether.  For others, those nervous feelings impair their ability to perform. One professional triathlete, an 11-time Ironman finisher, got so nervous before his...
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By Dr. Stephen E. Walker, PhD, CC-AASP Have you ever wondered how your thinking might influence your physical health, performance or well-being? In the second quarter issue of 2005, research was presented by Dr. Alan Rozanski in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology focused on developments in the field of Behavioral Cardiology....
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From the Editor:  Earl Poteet is one of a few selected Brainspotting practitioners who have trained with Dr. David Grand, its creator.  He is a former head coach and player of multiple sports who has consciously begun to focus on the use of Brainspotting with performance problems amongst players that may be trauma based. ...
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There are all kinds of coaches.  Some are CEO’s, some are Presidents of the United States, some are coaching the U12 soccer team down the road.  Some are good, some aren’t so hot, and a few are great.  Simon Hartley spoke of the “reasons” an athlete is training in the pool at 5am each...
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Its never good news to learn of a friend’s passing, but in this case, those of us at Podium Sports Journal who knew him are particularly saddened.  On Friday May 27th Dr. Julian Morrow, “J” to his friends, succumbed to the second of two heart attacks. I spoke with him a week ago.  He...
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by Stephen Walker, PhD, CC-AASP, USOC Registry of Sport Psychologists and Loren Fogelman, MEd,  EFT-ADV, Sport Performance Consultant   -When Gifted Athletes Fall from Grace- “Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all” - Dale...
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by Stephen Walker, PhD, CC-AASP, USOC Registry of Sport Psychologists When Brian Boyle first became known to Podium Sports Journal, he had just earned the moniker of “Iron Heart”. Brian had demonstrated remarkable courage in recovery from a horrible car accident in 2004 (where he was pronounced clinically dead 8 times) proving his is...
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Editor’s Comment: Thanks to Lewis Howes of Sports Networker Magazine for allowing me to reprint this article written by Wesley Mallette.  Wesley is a former Division I football player and decathlete who is the Co-founder and CEO Comment Communications, Inc. Comment is a creative, progressive and saavy sports and entertainment communications firm that services...
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  We’ve all been in the situation on the golf course where the errant swing takes us where we never wanted to go.  This set of videos by Will Robinson to promote his teaching method was found on YouTube and it is almost the funniest thing I’ve seen in golf – save the swing...
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