by Brian McCormick, CSCS, MSS In grade school, everyone talked about the Morrison clan. At that time, they were four brothers (they added a little sister when we moved to high school) grouped between six grades, and each excelled athletically. Each appeared to be the strongest, fastest child in his grade. Before I knew...
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“I’ve always, in the back of my head, wanted to be known as one of the greatest short track speedskaters of all time,” he told The Associated Press on Monday and on Friday, he brought it all home. by Stephen Walker, PhD, CC-AASP, USOC Registry of Sport Psychologists “In the end, its the extra...
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by Dr. Stephen Walker, PhD, CC-AASP, USOC Registry of Sport Psychogists What do you get when you employ a positive mental attitude, strong self-motivation, well managed goal-setting, effective self-talk, a disciplined visualization of your upcoming performance, competent stress control, determined focus and concentration, and an ongoing dedication to establishing and maintaining productive relationships with...
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by Stephen Walker, PhD, CC-AASP, USOC Registry of Sport Psychologists In a previous article involving a “From the Field” interview with Dr. Stephen Walker, Podium Sports Journal answered several questions with respect to the mental conditioning these great athletes engage in prior to their competition performance. Those questions focused on preparation under the best...
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by Stephen Walker, PhD, CC-AASP, USOC Registry of Sport Psychologists Vancouver Olympics 2010 – Julia Mancuso Part 1 Julia Mancuso woke up yesterday morning focused on one thing: Performing well enough to win Gold in arguably her favorite event – The Giant Slalom. Skiing at the top of her game, Mancuso has already done...
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Tags: athletic-performance, coaching, competition, concentration, dealing with loss and grief, dr.-stephen-walker, draw inspiration from CR Johnson, focus, forgiveness, giant slalom race, give the performance of a lifetime. refocusing, Julia Mancuso, learn from her mistakes, letting go of the past, mental-conditioning, mental-skills, mental-toughness, poor weather conditions, racing, sport-psychology-articles, sports-psychology-training, Vancouver Olympics 2010
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What happens when you combine the speed of 5 great athletes in helmets and pads sprinting on ice skates straight at you? Oh yeah, they’re also bearing weapons.
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Tags: Canada, competition, focus, hockey, mental-conditioning, mental-toughness, peak-performance, ryan miller goaltending, sport-psychology-articles, sports-psychology-articles, Stephen Walker, USA, Vancouver Olympics 2010
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by Stephen Walker, PhD, CC-AASP, USOC Registry of Sport Psychologists He was doing his best to keep from breaking down, but the tears filled his eyes, the emotions were raw and he was lost. “Whatever I do it’s never good enough”… was what he uttered, but the pain in his body was palpable. His...
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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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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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The Olympic Games start today and the world's finest athletes will be competing. Who knows what will happen?
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Tags: 212 degrees video, competition, goal-setting, mental-conditioning, mental-toughness, motivation, olympic-athletes, sports-performance, sports-psychology, Vancouver Olympics, What it takes to be a Champion
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