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Mental Preparation for Weightlifting

September 27, 2007 Stephen Walker, PhD 0 Comments coach, coaching, competition, counseling, exercise-psychology, focus, health-psychology, lifting, mental, mental-conditioning, mental-game, mental-plans, mental-skills, mental-technique, mental-tools, mental-toughness, mental-training, mind, peak-performance, performance, phase, post-competition, pre-competition, preparation, relxation, 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, stages, strength, three, weight, weight-lifting

“Mental preparation” is a term used by sport psychologists to describe the process found to be valuable for athletes in

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Top Ten Mental Errors

August 30, 2007 Stephen Walker, PhD 0 Comments distracted, emotions, errors, failing-to-prepare, fencing, focus, list, mental, over-training, pre-performance, routine, unreal-expecations

1. Not being able to Concentrate. Focus is a huge part of fencing. Given that fencing isn’t the only thing

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From the Field: Confidence and Competition

August 27, 2007 Stephen Walker, PhD 0 Comments 9-year-old, Add new tag, athlete, athlets, children, coach, coaching, competition, counseling, dr. kristen dieffenbach, exercise-psychology, fun, health-psychology, learn, life, mental, mental-conditioning, mental-game, mental-side, mental-skills, mental-technique, mental-tools, mental-toughness, mental-training, mind, opportunities, passion, peak-performance, performance, potential, self-esteem, socialization, specialize, sport, 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, young

Dear Podium: I’ve got a young athlete I’ve been working with who trains beautifully but just can’t put it together during competition. I believe it is a confidence issue. How can I better coach him so that he doesn’t beat himself before the gun goes off?
– Confidence Coach

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