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Athletes: Recover & Return to Sport Fast from Vocal Cord Dysfunction

October 22, 2015 Stephen Walker, PhD 4 Comments applied sports psychology, association for applied sport psychology conference 2015, athlete, athletes, causes, cognitive behavioral treatment methods, endurance-sport, Erika Carlson, Excellence in sport performance, in, running, sports, sports-performance, stress-management, swimming, track, treatment, Treatment For Vocal Cord Dysfunction, vocal cord dysfunction

Podium’s Podcast from the Association for Applied Sport Psychology Conference 2015 – Indianpolis Erika Carlson is the director of the

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Positive Psychology Enhances Coaching & Athlete Productivity

November 20, 2014March 10, 2015 Stephen Walker, PhD 0 Comments Achor, athlete, Coach Athletes, Coaching-Education, Gratitude, Great Coaches, Happiness, positive mental attitude, positive-psychology, Shawn Achor

Shawn Achor has been an innovator and key promoter of the principles in Positive Psychology. As a researcher in this

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5 Reasons You Should Use ‘Athlete’ Produced Video – Coaching

September 20, 2014September 24, 2014 Stephen Walker, PhD 0 Comments athlete, Baseball Coach, Coach Style, Coaching Educator, Effective Coaching, Good Coaching, Jason Schreiber, Produce Video, Video Teaching, Videos

A note from the Editor: Recently I came across a coaching method advanced by a young coach that truly

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Connect Power & Privilege to Form Championship Teams

July 25, 2014July 25, 2014 Stephen Walker, PhD 0 Comments Actions, Administratively, athlete, Championship Results, coaching, Connected Power, Every Angle, Leadership, Meaningful Connections, Personal Power, Power Privilege, Practice Gear, team, Team Chemistry

Building Championship Behavior Using a 360 Degree Point-of-View in Developing Teamwork by Lowell Wightman The team practice today is

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Athletes: Focus on What YOU Control – Preparation, Effort & Attitude

March 23, 2013March 27, 2013 Stephen Walker, PhD 0 Comments athlete, Athletes In Training, attitude, Define Choke, effort, Mantras, preparation

by Stephen E. Walker, PhD, NCC, CC-AASP, USOC Registry of Sport Psychology and Bill Walker, JD. Athlete’s Dilemma:

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Motivation in Sport – Discovering Your “Reason”

June 5, 2011June 5, 2011 Simon Hartley MSc 4 Comments athlete, athlete motivation, behavior, dedication, habit, motivation, motive, olympic gold medal, performance analyst, psychology, self determination theory, self discipline, simon hartley, sports

by Simon Hartley Be World Class Why does a swimmer get out of bed at 4am on a cold, wet

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Injury and Depression: What Every Coach & Sports Medicine Specialist Should Know

May 27, 2011November 28, 2011 Rebecca Symes 1 Comment athlete, athletic injuries, coach, coach sports, depression, doc, emotional health, injuries, injury, know, medicine, mental health, psychologist, psychology, sport, sport med, sports

by Rebecca Symes, CPsychol Many people look up to and aspire towards the world’s greatest athletes and at times they

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From the Field: Confidence and Competition

August 27, 2007 Stephen Walker, PhD 0 Comments 9-year-old, Add new tag, athlete, athlets, children, coach, coaching, competition, counseling, dr. kristen dieffenbach, exercise-psychology, fun, health-psychology, learn, life, mental, mental-conditioning, mental-game, mental-side, mental-skills, mental-technique, mental-tools, mental-toughness, mental-training, mind, opportunities, passion, peak-performance, performance, potential, self-esteem, socialization, specialize, sport, sport-performance, sport-psychologist, sport-psychology, sport-psychology-articles, sport-psychology-techniques, sport-psychology-training, sports-performance, sports-psychologist, sports-psychology, sports-psychology-articles, sports-psychology-techniques, sports-psychology-training, sports-skills, young

Dear Podium: I’ve got a young athlete I’ve been working with who trains beautifully but just can’t put it together during competition. I believe it is a confidence issue. How can I better coach him so that he doesn’t beat himself before the gun goes off?
– Confidence Coach

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The Nine Mental Skills of a Successful Athlete

February 17, 2007June 5, 2011 Dr. Jack Lesyk 10 Comments athlete, attitude, concentration, dr jack lesyk, emotions, goals, mental-skills, mental-skills-training, performance-pyramid, positive, self-motivation, self-talk, setting, success

During the past twenty-five years, I have had the privilege of working with hundreds of athletes from over thirty different