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Athletes: Focus on What YOU Control – Preparation, Effort & Attitude

March 23, 2013March 27, 2013 Stephen Walker, PhD 0 Comments athlete, Athletes In Training, attitude, Define Choke, effort, Mantras, preparation

  by Stephen E. Walker, PhD, NCC, CC-AASP, USOC Registry of Sport Psychology and  Bill Walker, JD.   Athlete’s Dilemma:

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Self-Handicapping: Overcoming “Yourself” in Competition

August 25, 2011August 25, 2011 Larry Lauer 2 Comments arousal, competition, confidence, dr larry lauer, expectations, focus, mental-toughness, preparation, routines, self-handicapping, self-talk

By Larry Lauer, PhD, CC-AASP Michigan Youth Sports Institute Named one of the NSAPE Top 100 coaching educators of 2007

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Key Mental Skills in Race Car Driving – Dr. Kevin L. Burke

April 30, 2010 Stephen Walker, PhD 1 Comment concentration, Dr. Kevin Burke, focusing, imagery, managing emotions, Mental Skills in Motorsports, Podcast, preparation, Sport Psychology in NASCAR racing

Podium’s Podcast of the Month – Featuring – Dr. Kevin L. Burke Editor’s note: As the summer creeps into view,

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The Most Important Job Interview in Sports: Part II

March 31, 2010 Noah Gentner PhD 0 Comments ability to recover, attitude, Dr. Noah Gentner, mental preparation, Mike Rosenthal, NFL scouting combine, physical preparation, preparation, Preparing physically and mentally

Taylor Mays works out in preparation for the NFL Scouting Combine by Noah Gentner, PhD, CC-AASP A few weeks ago

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Developing the Practice Intensity Habit

November 8, 2007March 21, 2012 Stephen Walker, PhD 0 Comments coach, coaching, competition, counseling, exercise-psychology, goal-setting, health-psychology, imagery, intensity-level, mental-conditioning, mental-game, mental-skills, mental-technique, mental-tools, mental-toughness, mental-training, mind, optimal, peak-performance, performance, preparation, routine, 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, training

Practice intensity is the will, commitment, and enthusiasm to practice with a purpose. Most coaches consider it an important characteristic

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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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Pete Webber Interview

January 15, 2007 Stephen Walker, PhD 0 Comments biking, cyclo-cross, inteview, motivation, mountain, mountain-bike-racing, pain, Pete-Webber, preparation, tactics, training

Pete Webber has been mountain biking for more than 20 years, including six years as an internationally ranked professional racer

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