One of the most interesting things about the Olympics is that they give us a glimpse at how athletes deal with highly pressurized situations.
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Tags: anxiety, competition, Dr. Noah Gentner, financial compensation based on combine performance, goal-setting, mental-toughness, mental-training, most important job interview in football, motivation, NFL scouting combine, pressure on the athletes, sports-psychology-articles, stress and the nfl scouting combine, stress-management
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Stephen Walker interviews Paige Gregson, a graduate student Brock University completing her masters in sport sciences.
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Tags: athlete choice, athlete motivation, brock university ontario canada, Coaching-Education, dr. philip wilson, dr.-stephen-walker, feeling the coach cares about you, interpersonal styles affect motivation, paige gregson, purpose, structure in practice
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A Podcast with Dr. Daniel Gould - Advisor to the USOC and Director of the Institute for the Study of Youth Sports at Michigan State University.
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Tags: AASP, coaching, competition, Dos and Don'ts for parents of gifted athletes, Dr. Daniel Gould, Institute for the Study of Youth Sports, mental-skills, Michigan State University, motivation, parenting and coaching young athletes, sports-psychology, sports-psychology-training
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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 This podcast was the second of a two part podcast with Drs. Noah Gentner and Vanessa Shannon on qualitative research they conducted with Olympic Gold medalists from the 2004 Olympics in Athens,...
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Tags: competition, Dr. Noah Gentner, Dr. Vanessa Shannon, focus, goal-setting, imagery, mental-conditioning, mental-toughness, olympic gold medal winners, peak-performance, sport-psychology
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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 This podcast was the first of a two part podcast with Drs. Noah Gentner and Vanessa Shannon on qualitative research they conducted with Olympic Gold medalists from the 2004 Olympics in Athens,...
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Tags: coach, competition, concentration, Dr. Noah Gentner, Dr. Vanessa Shannon, interview by dr. stephen walker, mental-conditioning, mental-game, mental-skills, mental-strength, mental-technique, mental-tools, mental-toughness, mental-training, olympic gold medal winners, peak-performance, Podcasts, sport-performance, sport-psychologist, sport-psychology, sport-psychology-techniques, sport-psychology-training, sports-performance, sports-psychologist, sports-psychology-techniques, sports-psychology-training, sports-skills, winter olympics 2010 vancouver, world champions
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by Stephen Walker, PhD, CC-AASP Podium’s Podcast of the Week: An Interview with Jesse Michel – West Virginia University Coaches have varying expectations of their team captains. Some will follow the adage of ‘expect nothing be prepared for everything’ while others will want their team captain to serve as an assistant coach. Leadership is...
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Tags: Coaches relationship with team captains, coaching, Dr. Greg Shelly, Dr. Noah Gentner, dr.-stephen-walker, georgia southern university, goal-setting, Great Team Captains, Ithaca College, Jesse Michel, Leadership, mental-game, motivation, NCAA Sports, sport-psychology, sports-psychologist, sports-psychology-training, team leadership, team-work, West Virginia University
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Podium’s Podcast of the Week – An interview with Samantha Monda by Stephen Walker, PhD – CC-AASP Dr. Aimee Kimball, UPMC Center for Sports Medicine was the lead researcher on this study, and was ably assisted by graduate students Samantha Monda (West Virginia University), Dana Voelker (Michigan State University), and Sarah Compton of Argosy...
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Tags: Aimee Kimball - UPMC Center for Sports Medicine, and Parents, coaches, Coaching-Education, competition, Dana Voelker - Michigan State University, dr.-stephen-walker, exercise-psychology, health-psychology, Mythbusting in High School Sports, Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association, Pennsylvania State Alliance, Perspectives of Athletes, Samantha Monda - West Virginia University, Sarah Compton - Argosy University, sport-psychology-articles, sports-psychology-articles, Why do HS sports
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by Dr. Stephen Walker – CC-AASP Podium’s Podcast of the Week – an Interview with Goran Kentta Dr. Goran Kentta is a sport scientist working with the Swedish School for Health and Sport Sciences in Stockholm. He has had the opportunity to interview and work with a number of elite athletes and embarked on...
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Tags: competition, exercise-psychology, mental-conditioning, peak-performance, sport-performance, sports-psychology-articles, sports-psychology-training
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by Stephen Walker, PhD, CC-AASP What Happened to Jenny Barringer? Legendary basketball coach John Wooden once said, “Things work out best for those who make the best of how things work out.” The first time I read that I had to go over it a couple times to really let it sink in. Jenny...
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Tags: coaching, competition, dr. kristen dieffenbach, dr.-stephen-walker, goal-setting, health-psychology, Jenny Barringer, Kara-Goucher, Mark Wetmore, mental-skills, mental-toughness, NCAA Womens Cross Country Championships, overtraining, peak-performance, Renee Metivier-Ballie, running, Shayne Culpepper, sport-psychology-training, sports-psychology, sports-psychology-articles, sports-psychology-training, stress, stress-management, Under recovery, Univeristy of Colorado
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by Stephen Walker, PhD, CC-AASP Podium’s Podcast of the Week – Reflections on Applied Consulting work with Teams While working on their Master’s thesis at California State University – Fullerton, Ian Connole and Kristen Frevert had the opportunity to consult with high school baseball teams on both ends of the spectrum in terms of...
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Tags: california state university fullerton, coach, competition, high school baseball, ian connole, kristen frevert, losing teams, mental-conditioning, mental-game, mental-skills, mental-tools, mental-toughness, sport-performance, sport-psychology, sport-psychology-articles, sport-psychology-techniques, sports-performance, sports-psychologist, sports-psychology, sports-psychology-articles, sports-psychology-techniques, sports-psychology-training, Stephen Walker, winning teams
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