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DJ Gregory’s Golf Gives Inspiration to Athletes in Every Sport

July 11, 2012July 12, 2012 Stephen Walker, PhD 2 Comments Add new tag, cerebral palsy, DJ Gregory, exercise-psychology, focus, golf, health-psychology, inspirational stories, Kara-Goucher, mental-conditioning, mental-strength, mental-toughness, motivation, PGA Tour, process-goals, sports, Springfield College

DJ Gregory and the PGA Tour by Dr. Stephen Walker, CC-AASP There have been a number of great stories that

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Jamie Donaldson Seeks to Repeat in the 2009 "Badwater Ultramarathon"

July 13, 2009 Stephen Walker, PhD 0 Comments Add new tag, adventurecorps, anxiety, badwater ultramarathon champion, competition, concentration, Dave Donaldson, death valley, dr.-stephen-walker, Jamie Donaldson, mental-conditioning, mental-strength, mental-toughness, motivation, mt. whitney portal, peak-performance, racing, running, self-talk, sport-performance, ultramarathons, visualization

by Dr. Stephen Walker, CC-AASP Planet Earth’s Undisputed “Toughest Road Race” What do you call a 135 mile long road

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Coaches Empowering Athletes … Using an “Athlete-Centered” Approach

June 13, 2009 Michael P. Sheridan PhD 4 Comments Add new tag, coach, coaching, Coaching-Education, coaching-tactics, concentration, De Sousa, Dr. Carol Dweck, Dr. Lynn Kidman, Dr. Michael Sheridan, Journal of Physical Education Recreation and Dance, mental-skills, mental-strength, motivation, Oslin J, research in coaching methods, sports-psychology

Bridging the gap between coaching research and practice By Michael P. Sheridan, Ph.D. What is this article about? The purpose

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Don't We Owe Them More?

June 9, 2009 Kristen Dieffenbach PhD 2 Comments Add new tag, coaching, competition, counseling, D1 football players, Don't We Owe Them More?, dr. kristen dieffenbach, exercise-psychology, george dohrmann, health-psychology, healthy living, post career health, recovery, sport-performance, sport-psychology-articles

By Kristen Dieffenbach, PhD, CC-AASP – Coaching Educator – West Virginia University The June 8, 2009 issue of Sports Illustrated

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Interview with Matt Reed: winner of 2009 the Pan Am Triathlon Title

May 30, 2009 Stephen Walker, PhD 3 Comments Add new tag, beijing-olympics, competition, cycling, focus, imagery, kelly rees, London olympics, Matt Reed, mental-conditioning, mental-toughness, motivation, peak-performance, racing, running, self-talk, sport-psychology-articles, sport-psychology-training, sports-psychology-training, swimming, triathlon, visualization

Listen to our Podcast of the week – An interview with Matt Reed after a training session this winter by

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"One, Two, Three, Attitude – HaH!" Another lesson in Coaching Education and Youth Sports

May 17, 2009June 17, 2013 Stephen Walker, PhD 1 Comment Add new tag, coach, Coaching-Education, competition, david and goliath, focus, full court press, girls basketball, malcome gladwell, mental-toughness, new yorker magazine, peak-performance, rick pitino, roger craig, rometa craig, self-talk, sport-psychology, sports-psychology, tenacious defense, vivek ranadive', war strategy, youth-sports

Malcom Gladwell writes about youth sports, Rick Pitino, David & Goliath and war strategy in the New Yorker: by Dr.

Another Case for Training your Mind and Body

April 25, 2009 Stephen Walker, PhD 4 Comments Add new tag, competition, dr. carl foster, dr. hirofumi tanaka, dr. james pivarnik, dr. william o. roberts, exercise-psychology, focused training, gina kolata, mental-conditioning, mind/body training, peak-performance, personal training, sports-performance, sports-psychology

a great read!

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PETTLEP Imagery 5 – A New Frontier in Mental Conditioning

December 31, 2007December 20, 2010 Stephen Walker, PhD 2 Comments Add new tag, arousal, balance-beam, dr. dave smith, effectiveness-of-PETTLEP, emotion, environment, external-imagery, focus, functional-equivalence, grade-C-skill, gymnastics, imagery, internal-imagery, learning, mental-conditioning, mental-imagery, mind-power, multisensory-involvement-in-imagery, neuropsychology, performance, performance-enhancement, perspective, PETTLEP, physical, research, stephen walker phd, task, timing

PETTLEP Imagery Part 5 By Dave Smith, Ph.D. In collaboration with Stephen Walker, Ph.D. from Podium Sports Journal The first

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PETTLEP Imagery 2 – A New Frontier in Mental Conditioning

December 23, 2007 Stephen Walker, PhD 1 Comment Add new tag, arousal, dr. dave smith, emotion, environment, external-imagery, focus, functional-equivalance, imagery, internal-imagery, learning, mental-conditioning, mind-power, multisensory-involvement-in-imagery, muslce-memory, neuropsychology, performance, perspective, PETTLEP, physical, stephen walker phd, task, timing

Part 2 – Mind power: By Dave Smith, Ph.D. In collaboration with Stephen Walker, Ph.D. from Podium Sports Journal In

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Sport Relaxation Techniques

October 23, 2007 Stephen Walker, PhD 4 Comments Add new tag, anxiety, breath control, controlling nervousness, mantra meditation, relaxation, stress

Relaxation is of great importance to any athlete striving for peak performance. Relaxation skills can help athletes reduce mental (self-doubts,

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