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by Stephen Walker, PhD, CC-AASP, USOC Registry of Sport Psychologists My dentist has a sign in his office that reads, “Just floss the ones you want to keep.” Playing conscious golf involves the same principle. Mental conditioning for good tournament play is not a matter left to happenstance. In fact, many of the key...
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Sasha DiGiulian Win’s the 2011 SCS National Championships in Sport Climbing Photos by Dominik Walker Editors Note: Goal Setting is commonly referred to as an integral mental skill. However, in our experience there are few coaches and athletes that really know how to do it properly. It is a mental skill that will require...
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  by Carrie Cheadle, MA, CC-AASP You’ve been on the fence for a couple years now. Every once in a while, the thought travels through your mind, “Maybe I should do a triathlon…” and then it travels right back out again. You keep thinking about wanting to do your first triathlon, but you still...
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“I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.” Michael Jordan. Michael Jordan is not alone. Most of the...
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From the Editor: Brainspotting is an emerging treatment modality used by a growing collection of mental health practitioners originally designed and developed for treating trauma – including, but not limited to, sports trauma.  Sports like baseball, football, gymnastics, diving, cheer competitions and the like have gained notoriety for some of the problems these athletes...
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by Noah Gentner, PhD, CC-AASP I grew up in South Bend, IN. home of Notre Dame, Studebaker cars, and one of the best soccer coaches I have ever known, Jim Tallman.  As a graduate of Clay High School it might seem blasphemous to speak so kindly about the former head coach at John Adams...
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From the Editor: Brainspotting is an emerging treatment modality used by a growing collection of mental health practitioners originally designed and developed for treating trauma – including, but not limited to, sports trauma.  Sports like gymnastics, diving, cheer competitions and the like have gained notoriety for some of the problems these athletes have developed...
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Simon Hartley, MSc, BASES – Be World Class “Pressure is a word that is misused in our vocabulary. When you start thinking of pressure, it’s because you’ve started to think of failure.”  said Tommy Lasorda former manager for the LA Dodgers MLB team. There is no such thing as pressure. It is one of...
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by Dr. Haley Perlus How many ski racers have you witnessed having a perfect run, let alone two perfect runs in one race? We all know the answer…perfect performances are extremely rare, especially in Alpine ski racing. Olympic athletes have high personal standards of performance and continue to push the boundaries in their sport....
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by Noah Gentner, PhD, CC-AASP What do Wal-Mart, Starbucks, Nike, and Coca-Cola all have in common?  Besides being companies that my wife and I have given FAR too much money to, they are all extremely successful.  Do you know what else they have in common?  Let’s take a little quiz.  What’s the first thing...
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