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Fight, Flight, FREEZE: The 7 Biggest Fears that Paralyze Athletes in Sports

March 5, 2010 Rob Polishook MA CPC 0 Comments boris becker quote "tiebreakers are 98% mental", coaching, competition, dr alan goldberg, dr. david grand, fear of injury or reinjury, fear of not being good enough, fear of not meeting expectations, fear of success, fear-of-failure, mental-game, Rob Polishook, sport-psychology-articles, tennis

ROB POLISHOOK, MA, CPC How many times have you heard the following from a coach, parent, or teammate? “If only

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Performance at its Best: Apolo Anton Ohno

March 2, 2010 Stephen Walker, PhD 3 Comments america's most successful athlete, apolo anton ohno, competition, concentration, dr.-stephen-walker, imagery, Jessie Owens, learning from his youth, mental-conditioning, mental-toughness, peak-performance, self-talk, sport-psychology-articles, sport-psychology-techniques, Vancouver Olympics 2010, visualization, Yuki Ohno

“I’ve always, in the back of my head, wanted to be known as one of the greatest short track speedskaters

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Mental Training Pays Off – Vancouver Olympics 2010

February 28, 2010 Stephen Walker, PhD 0 Comments billy demong, Bode Miller, Canadian Hockey team, Chad Headrick, coaching, competition, concentration, Controlling stress, cr johnson, factors in success, focus, Jeret "Speedy" Peterson, Joanie Rochette, Johnny Spillane, Julia Mancuso, Lindsey Vonn, managing strong emotions, mental-conditioning, mental-game, mental-toughness, mental-training, outcome-goals, peak-performance, positive mental attitude, process-goals, productive relationships with teammates and coaches, Russian hockey team, self-motivation, self-talk, setting-goals, sport-psychology-articles, sports-psychology-articles, USA hockey team, Vancouver Olympics 2010, visualization

by Dr. Stephen Walker, PhD, CC-AASP, USOC Registry of Sport Psychogists What do you get when you employ a positive

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Julia Mancuso's Day: Who Said Luck, Time and Circumstance Don't Factor In?

February 25, 2010 Stephen Walker, PhD 1 Comment 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

by Stephen Walker, PhD, CC-AASP, USOC Registry of Sport Psychologists Vancouver Olympics 2010 – Julia Mancuso Part 1 Julia Mancuso

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Vancouver Olympics 2010 – The Mental Toughness of Ryan Miller

February 23, 2010 Stephen Walker, PhD 1 Comment 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

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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Vancouver Olympics 2010 – Are your Kids Dreaming of Being Olympians?

February 19, 2010 Stephen Walker, PhD 1 Comment AASP, coaching, competition, Dos and Don'ts for parents of gifted athletes, Dr. Daniel Gould, Institute for the Study of Youth Sports, mental-skills, Michigan State University, motivation, parenting and coaching young athletes, sports-psychology, sports-psychology-training

A Podcast with Dr. Daniel Gould – Advisor to the USOC and Director of the Institute for the Study of Youth Sports at Michigan State University.

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Olympic Champions will need to hit 212 to be Successful

February 13, 2010 Stephen Walker, PhD 0 Comments 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

The Olympic Games start today and the world’s finest athletes will be competing. Who knows what will happen?

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Coaching The Millennial Player

January 16, 2010 Rob Polishook MA CPC 0 Comments athlete development, coaching best practices, coaching developing athletes, coaching successes, coaching the millenial player, competition, great coaching, Inside the Zone, motivation, peak-performance, player as person first, Rob Polishook, self-talk, sport-performance, sports-psychology-articles, training athletes for life

by Rob Polishook, MA, CPC The Athlete is a Person First and Player Second There are three core mental-based principles

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Athletes' Choices Can Help or Hinder the Development of Confidence

January 9, 2010 Conrad Woolsey PhD 1 Comment anxiety, athletic-performance, Building Confidence, coach, coaching, Coaching Mental Excellence, competition, confidence, Conrad Woolsey, D.L. Cook, dr.-stephen-walker, focus, goal-setting, imagery, mental-conditioning, mental-skills, mental-toughness, peak-performance, R. T. McGuire, racing, Ralph Vernacchia, self-confidence, self-talk, sport-performance, sport-psychology-articles, sports-performance, sports-psychology, sports-psychology-articles, sports-psychology-training, visualization

Foreward by Dr. Stephen Walker – Editor: “Confidence is a factor that can influence an athlete’s performance in remarkable ways.

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Mythbusting in High School Sports: Perspectives of Athletes, Coaches and Parents

December 7, 2009 Stephen Walker, PhD 0 Comments Aimee Kimball - UPMC Center for Sports Medicine, and Parents, coaches, Coaching-Education, competition, Dana Voelker - Michigan State University, dr.-stephen-walker, exercise-psychology, health-psychology, Mythbusting in High School Sports, Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association, Pennsylvania State Alliance, Perspectives of Athletes, Samantha Monda - West Virginia University, Sarah Compton - Argosy University, sport-psychology-articles, sports-psychology-articles, Why do HS sports

Podium’s Podcast of the Week – An interview with Samantha Monda by Stephen Walker, PhD – CC-AASP Dr. Aimee Kimball,