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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...
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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...
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by Stephen Walker, PhD, CC-AASP Podium Sports Journal Tour de France – Awards Best Team: Garmin-Slipstream runs a clean race! It seems that every third day or so another rider is implicated in a doping scandal. This brings to what seems like triple digits….the number of cyclists who have been busted for doping. You...
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Podium’s Podcast of the Week: Dr. Lois Butcher-Poffley’s research on music & tempo in Sport by Stephen E. Walker, PhD, CC-AASP I remember when we used to watch cartoons on TV every Saturday morning. We’d watch Loony Tunes and Road Runner, but the room would come alive when Bugs Bunny started doing the Rumba...
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” I didn’t feel comfortable with my swing early, but my old friend Byron Nelson once told me when you don’t feel comfortable you concentrate more ” Tom Watson by Michael P. Sheridan, PhD “Old Fogy almost gets it done”…This was the headline that Tom Watson suggested that reporters use in their news reports...
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Jamie Donaldson takes another Badwater in 27:20:18 There was no fooling around for Jamie Donaldson in this year’s Badwater. She and her crew had a plan and they followed it to the letter….no running under a 10 minute mile pace, stop every 20 miles to change socks and shoes, and keep it steady throughout. ...
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by Dr. Stephen Walker, CC-AASP Planet Earth’s Undisputed “Toughest Road Race” What do you call a 135 mile long road race with a gain of 13,000 vertical feet that spans three mountain ranges in mid-summer Death Valley temperatures exceeding 130 degrees Farenheit? You call it the AdventureCORPS’ “Badwater Ultramarathon” – thats what! So grueling...
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Brenda Epstein and Jess Knudson’s award winning sports talk show is called “Beyond the Balls” Listen as they interview our own Dr. Stephen Walker Jess and Bren are pretty much icons in Ft. Collins Colorado. They have one of the funniest, most compelling sports talk shows on the radio today. Although really quite saavy,...
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By Stephen Walker, PhD, CC-AASP Controlling Stress: The Key to a Great US Open Finish The special pressures that surround our national championship in professional golf are both a delight and disaster waiting to happen…and the $1.35 million smackers at stake are but a small part of the story. Open to sectional qualifiers anywhere...
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Will Frischkorn, Tour de France stage 7 Podium’s Podcast of the Week Features an Interview with elite cyclist Will Frischkorn: by Dr. Stephen Walker, CC-AASP Will Frischkorn is one of those unassuming types that hang out in Boulder – a lot like your friend and neighbor his friendly yet calm exterior belies an aggressive...
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