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Self-Talk in Endurance Events – Keep Your InnerVoice Positive

August 13, 2011August 16, 2011 Will Murray 1 Comment endurance, endurance events, mental-toughness, positive, racing, self-talk, training day, voice

by Will Murry and Craig Howie Sometimes before and during races, you get a voice inside your head that wants

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Joseph Pacelli's Article: Refocusing During Sport Down-Time

September 29, 2007 Stephen Walker, PhD 0 Comments athletic-performance, baseball, basketball, break, coach, coaching, competition, competitive-action, concentration, counseling, cues, down-time, effects, exercise-psychology, focus, golf, health-psychology, mental-conditioning, mental-game, mental-rehearsal, mental-skills, mental-technique, mental-tools, mental-toughness, mental-training, mind, negative, peak-performance, performance, performance-decrement, positive, positive-physical-response, practice, refocus, relaxation-techniques, sport-performance, sport-psychologist, sport-psychology, sport-psychology-articles, sport-psychology-techniques, sport-psychology-training, sports, sports-performance, sports-psychologist, sports-psychology, sports-psychology-articles, sports-psychology-techniques, sports-psychology-training, sports-skills, verbal, visual

The notion of training athletes to refocus during the down-time in sport can potentially result in improved performance (Loehr, 1994).

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The Nine Mental Skills of a Successful Athlete

February 17, 2007June 5, 2011 Dr. Jack Lesyk 10 Comments athlete, attitude, concentration, dr jack lesyk, emotions, goals, mental-skills, mental-skills-training, performance-pyramid, positive, self-motivation, self-talk, setting, success

During the past twenty-five years, I have had the privilege of working with hundreds of athletes from over thirty different

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