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What's it Take to Develop Athletic Talent?

April 28, 2010 Brian McCormick CSCS MSS 8 Comments becoming expert, brian mccormick, daniel coyle, developing athletic talent, hockey, k. anders ericcson, lamoureaux family, malcolm gladwell, mental-conditioning, morrison family

by Brian McCormick, CSCS, MSS In grade school, everyone talked about the Morrison clan. At that time, they were four

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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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Legitimate Excuses for Failure

December 22, 2008March 21, 2012 Stephen Walker, PhD 0 Comments excuses, failure, hockey, NHL, pro, reasons, success

“To have the ultimate result of making the NHL you must systematically and with vigor identify all potential issues that

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Joe Rogers – Determination and Skill Between the Posts

December 22, 2008 Stephen Walker, PhD 6 Comments adversity, determination, disability, goalie, goalkeeper, handicap, hockey

At first glance, Joe Rogers looks like any other hockey goaltender. Look again. Joe was born without most of one

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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