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Mental Skills & the Preparation Strategies of Olympic Gold Medalists – I

July 11, 2012July 12, 2012 Stephen Walker, PhD 0 Comments coach, competition, concentration, Dr. Noah Gentner, Dr. Vanessa Shannon, interview by dr. stephen walker, mental-conditioning, mental-game, mental-skills, mental-strength, mental-technique, mental-tools, mental-toughness, mental-training, olympic gold medal winners, peak-performance, Podcasts, sport-performance, sport-psychologist, sport-psychology, sport-psychology-techniques, sport-psychology-training, sports-performance, sports-psychologist, sports-psychology-techniques, sports-psychology-training, sports-skills, winter olympics 2010 vancouver, world champions

Podium Sports Journal’s Podcast of the Week – An interview with Drs. Noah Gentner and Vanessa Shannon by Dr. Stephen

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Structuring Rewards for Athletes in Youth Development Programs

May 12, 2009 Stephen Walker, PhD 3 Comments coach, competition, counseling, development of young athletes, focus, mental-conditioning, mental-game, motivation, parents, parents-of-youth-sports-athletes, performance, racing, reward systems for youth athletes, sport-performance, sport-psychologist, sport-psychology, sport-psychology-articles, sport-psychology-techniques, sport-psychology-training, sports, sports-performance, sports-skills, young athlete development, youth sport administration, youth sports programs, youth-sports

By Dr. Haley Perlus Athletes First Why do young athletes participate in sports?  This is a simple question with insurmountable

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What should you think about while running?

November 21, 2007 Stephen Walker, PhD 0 Comments associative-thoughts, attention, Biddle, bodily-sensations, coach, coaching, cognitive-strategies, competition, counseling, direction-of-attention, dissociative-thoughts, exercise-psychology, Gieske, health-psychology, Masters-and0Ogles, Mastesr, mental-conditioning, mental-game, mental-skills, mental-technique, mental-tools, mental-toughness, mental-training, mind, Morgan, Morgan-and-Pollock, Ogles, peak-performance, performance, performance-enhancement, Pollock, relaxation, researcj.-rimmomg.-focus, self-talk, 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, Stevinson, Stevinson-and-Biddle, task-relevance, task-relevant-thoughts, thought-patterns, Wininger, Wininger-and-Gieske, Wininger-and-Graves, Wininger.-Graves.-perception

by Steve Wininger, Ph.D. The Research on Focusing Attention Most research has examined the attentional focus of runners by categorizing

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Violence in Sports

November 17, 2007 Stephen Walker, PhD 0 Comments aggression, athlete-violence, coach, coaching, competition, contact-sports, counseling, exercise-psychology, fan-violence, hazing, health-psychology, hormones, intermittent-explosive-disorder, mental-conditioning, mental-game, mental-skills, mental-technique, mental-tools, mental-toughness, mental-training, mind, parental-violence, peak-performance, penalties, performance, restrictions, ritual-violence, 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, sportsmanship, violence

The following is from Wikipedia.org. This is good. Wait until you see the set of examples of violence. Violence in

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Get & Stay Motivated

November 13, 2007 Stephen Walker, PhD 0 Comments AASP, coach, coaching, comparison, competition, counseling, dr tami eggleston, enjoyment, exercise-psychology, extrinsic-motivation, fun, health-psychology, intrinsic-motivation, love-of-sport, mckendree univeristy, mental-conditioning, mental-game, mental-skills, mental-technique, mental-tools, mental-toughness, mental-training, mind, motivation, peak-performance, performance, self-doubt, 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, winning

by Tami Eggleston, Ph.D. CC-AASP The following article is by Tami Eggleston, Ph.D. of McKendree University. She’s an Association for

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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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Goal Setting for Weightlifting

November 6, 2007 Stephen Walker, PhD 2 Comments bodybuilding, coach, coaching, competition, counseling, exercise-psychology, goal-setting, health-psychology, mental-conditioning, mental-game, mental-skills, mental-technique, mental-tools, mental-toughness, mental-training, mind, motivation, 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, strength-training, training, weight-lifting, weightlifting

Ever had those days. When you just didn’t want to get out of bed, didn’t want to go to work

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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

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Reviewing Brian Handwerks' Article: Success and Risk in Extreme Sports

October 31, 2007 Stephen Walker, PhD 0 Comments certain-kind-of-person, coach, coaching, coming-back-for-more, competition, counseling, dangerous, dangerous-pursuits, drive, exercise-psychology, extreme-sports, fear, health-psychology, mental-conditioning, mental-game, mental-makeup, mental-skills, mental-technique, mental-tools, mental-toughness, mental-training, mind, peak-performance, performance, risk, risk-of, risks, serious-injury, 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, thrill

Yesterday four men were gored during the running of bulls in Pamplona, Spain. But if you think the risk of

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Examining Academic and Athletic Motivation

October 26, 2007 Stephen Walker, PhD 0 Comments coach, coaching, competition, counseling, exercise-psychology, health-psychology, mental-conditioning, mental-game, mental-skills, mental-technique, mental-tools, mental-toughness, mental-training, mind, 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

Academic motivation as a predictor of academic performance for college athletes has been debated in the literature. This study examined

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