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Pat Summitt and John Wooden…Comparing and Contrasting Two Coaching Legends

August 24, 2008 Stephen Walker, PhD 7 Comments arizona-university-observation-instrument, basketball, coaching, Coaching-Education, coaching-science, coaching-strategy, coaching-tactics, college-basketball, feedback, gallimore, john-wooden, michael-sheridan, pat-summitt, praise, successful-coaching, summitt, tharp, tharp-and-gallimore, wooden

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

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Bruce Parker's Article: It Takes More Than Just Talent

October 12, 2007 Stephen Walker, PhD 0 Comments basketball, coach, coaching, competition, counseling, exercise-psychology, health-psychology, mental-conditioning, mental-game, mental-skills, mental-technique, mental-tools, mental-toughness, mental-training, mind, peak-performance, performance, 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

International speaker Bruce Brown believes the definition of an athlete does not rest solely on being born with physical gifts.

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Joseph Pacelli's Article: Refocusing During Sport Down-Time

September 29, 2007 Stephen Walker, PhD 0 Comments athletic-performance, baseball, basketball, break, coach, coaching, competition, competitive-action, concentration, counseling, cues, down-time, effects, exercise-psychology, focus, golf, health-psychology, mental-conditioning, mental-game, mental-rehearsal, mental-skills, mental-technique, mental-tools, mental-toughness, mental-training, mind, negative, peak-performance, performance, performance-decrement, positive, positive-physical-response, practice, refocus, relaxation-techniques, sport-performance, sport-psychologist, sport-psychology, sport-psychology-articles, sport-psychology-techniques, sport-psychology-training, sports, sports-performance, sports-psychologist, sports-psychology, sports-psychology-articles, sports-psychology-techniques, sports-psychology-training, sports-skills, verbal, visual

The notion of training athletes to refocus during the down-time in sport can potentially result in improved performance (Loehr, 1994).

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"Mental toughness is to physical as four is to one."

June 11, 2007 Stephen Walker, PhD 0 Comments basketball, coach, coaching, competition, counseling, exercise-psychology, health-psychology, mental-conditioning, mental-game, mental-skills, mental-technique, mental-tools, mental-toughness, mental-training, mind, peak-performance, performance, 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

This quote by Bobby Knight appeared on Commadot.com “Mental toughness is to physical as four is to one.” That says

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Can we learn "Gretzky"?

June 11, 2007 Stephen Walker, PhD 0 Comments basketball, champions, coach, coaching, competition, counseling, exercise-psychology, football, health-psychology, hockey, mental-conditioning, mental-game, mental-skills, mental-technique, mental-tools, mental-toughness, mental-training, mind, peak-performance, performance, 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

“I couldn’t beat people with my strength. My eyes and my mind have to do most of the work.” -Wayne