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Dr. Geir Jordet: Choking In Pressure Situations – How to Prevent it.

October 4, 2009 Stephen Walker, PhD 1 Comment AASP 2009, anxiety, Choking under Pressure, coach, coaching, concentration, Dr. Geir Jordet, dr.-stephen-walker, focus, mental-conditioning, mental-toughness, Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, peak-performance, penalty kicks, premier league soccer, soccer, sport-psychology-articles, sports-psychology-articles, sports-skills, stress, world cup soccer

by Stephen Walker, Ph.D. CC-AASP Podium’s Podcast of the Week: An Interview with Dr. Geir Jordet Geir Jordet is Associate

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Goalkeeping Psychology

October 2, 2007 Stephen Walker, PhD 0 Comments coach, coaching, competition, counseling, exercise-psychology, goalie, goalkeeper, health-psychology, mental-conditioning, mental-game, mental-skills, mental-technique, mental-tools, mental-toughness, mental-training, mind, peak-performance, performance, soccer, 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 position of goalkeeper is one of the most psychologically demanding on the soccer field. Mistakes are final. The glory

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Psychology and Soccer – What Makes A Good Player

August 28, 2007 Stephen Walker, PhD 0 Comments coach, coaching, competition, counseling, exercise-psychology, football, health-psychology, mental-conditioning, mental-game, mental-skills, mental-technique, mental-tools, mental-toughness, mental-training, mind, peak-performance, performance, soccer, 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

Sports Psychology is playing an ever-increasing role in influencing soccer performance. At Ajax football club in Holland, their selection policy

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Temple visit part of the Thais’ mental preparations

July 8, 2007 Stephen Walker, PhD 0 Comments buddhism, coach, coaching, competition, counseling, exercise-psychology, football, health-psychology, meditation, mental-conditioning, mental-game, mental-skills, mental-technique, mental-tools, mental-toughness, mental-training, mind, peak-performance, performance, soccer, 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 principles of Buddhism are an important part of our sports psychology. If a player is relaxed and does meditation

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Mental Coaching and England's World Cup Loss

June 10, 2007 Stephen Walker, PhD 0 Comments coach, coaching, competing, competition, concentration, controlling-distractions, counseling, exercise-psychology, flow, focus, health-psychology, imagery, managing-stress, mental-conditioning, mental-game, mental-skills, mental-technique, mental-tools, mental-toughness, mental-training, mind, peak-performance, performance, self-confidence, simulation, soccer, 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, stress, stress-management, world-cup

“This week Sven Goran Eriksson blamed England’s failure at the World Cup on the absence of a mental trainer or