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Mental Toughness Training

July 19, 2007 Stephen Walker, PhD 0 Comments meditation, mental-strength, mental-toughness, sport-psychology, sports-psychology, visualization

The root of mental toughness lies in motivation. Those who are deemed mentally tough typically exhibit what sports psychologists call

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Temple visit part of the Thais’ mental preparations

July 8, 2007 Stephen Walker, PhD 0 Comments buddhism, coach, coaching, competition, counseling, exercise-psychology, football, health-psychology, meditation, mental-conditioning, mental-game, mental-skills, mental-technique, mental-tools, mental-toughness, mental-training, mind, peak-performance, performance, soccer, 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

“The principles of Buddhism are an important part of our sports psychology. If a player is relaxed and does meditation

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Do you even know what "The Zone" is?

June 4, 2007 Stephen Walker, PhD 0 Comments coach, coaching, competition, concentration, counseling, exercise-psychology, health-psychology, meditation, mental-conditioning, mental-game, mental-skills, mental-state, 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, the-zone, zone

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