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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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Dr. Andrea Becker – "The Athletes' experience of Great Coaching"

April 23, 2009 Stephen Walker, PhD 1 Comment coach, communication styles, competition, elite-athletes, great coaching, john-wooden, mental-conditioning, mental-skills, mental-toughness, mental-training, olympic-athletes, peak-performance, sport-performance, sport-psychology, sports-psychology

Andrea Becker talks about her research with athletes who experienced great coaching

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Randy Wilbur – USOC Exercise Physiologist – The Road to Bejiing

July 22, 2008 Stephen Walker, PhD 2 Comments beijing-olympics, cross-country-championships, dr randy wilber, exercise-science, olympians, olympic-athletes, randy-wilbur, sports, us olympic team, usa-track-&-field, usa-track-&-field-cross-country, usatf cross country championships, wilbur

Beijing – What Olympians will have to contend with. Dr. Randy Wilbur is one of the premier exercise scientists in

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Team Turns Unsung Runners Into Elite Marathoners

November 1, 2007 Stephen Walker, PhD 0 Comments coach, coaching, competition, counseling, exercise-psychology, exercise-science, group-training, hansons-brooks-distance-project, health-psychology, marathon, marathoners, mental-conditioning, mental-game, mental-skills, mental-technique, mental-tools, mental-toughness, mental-training, mind, olympic-athletes, 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 following paragraphs come from a NYT article by Gina Kolata. This is only part of the article. Here’s the