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Playing Conscious Golf – Preparing for Competition

April 11, 2011April 12, 2011 Stephen Walker, PhD 2 Comments competition, golf, mental-conditioning, mental-game, mental-toughness, mental-training, preparing for tournament play, sport-performance, sports-skills

by Stephen Walker, PhD, CC-AASP, USOC Registry of Sport Psychologists My dentist has a sign in his office that reads,

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Guidelines for goal-setting: Researched and Tested

April 7, 2011April 11, 2011 Julian Morrow PhD 2 Comments conditioning assessments, dr julian morrow, fitness level, goal-setting, goals, lifestyle features, long term goals, mental-conditioning, mental-skills, mental-toughness, mental-training, motor skills, self-confidence, self-efficacy, short term goals, sport-psychology, sports-performance, sports-skills, status assessment

Sasha DiGiulian Win’s the 2011 SCS National Championships in Sport Climbing Photos by Dominik Walker Editors Note: Goal Setting is

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P3 Thinking – Conditioning Yourself Mentally

March 28, 2011March 25, 2011 Stephen Walker, PhD 7 Comments book-review, coaching, dr robin vealey, mental-conditioning, mental-skills, mental-toughness, mental-training, P3-thinking, peak-performance, sport-performance, sports-psychology-training, techniques for mental conditioning

by Dr. Stephen Walker, CC-AASP Robin Vealey is one of sport psychology’s best. Her book Coaching for the Inner Edge

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Is Your Focus on Achieving Success or Avoiding Failure?

May 4, 2010 Noah Gentner PhD 1 Comment competition, derrick rose, Dr. Noah Gentner, focusing on achieving success, hating failure, mental-toughness, motivation, nba playoffs, need achievement theory, sport-psychology

The Positive Side of Hate by Noah Gentner, PhD, CC-AASP I’m a Chicago Bulls fan; have been all my life.

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The Most Important Job Interview in Sports: Part I

March 18, 2010 Noah Gentner PhD 3 Comments anxiety, competition, Dr. Noah Gentner, financial compensation based on combine performance, goal-setting, mental-toughness, mental-training, most important job interview in football, motivation, NFL scouting combine, pressure on the athletes, sports-psychology-articles, stress and the nfl scouting combine, stress-management

One of the most interesting things about the Olympics is that they give us a glimpse at how athletes deal with highly pressurized situations.

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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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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?