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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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Recovery from Distractions Fast: The Thought Pattern Interrupt (TPI)

September 9, 2011September 10, 2011 Stephen Walker, PhD 4 Comments coaching, competition, dr.-stephen-walker, mental-conditioning, mental-skills, mental-tools, mental-toughness, mental-training, peak-performance, sport-performance, sport-psychology, sport-psychology-training, sports, sports-performance, thought-pattern-interrupt

Athletes in every sport will from time to time lose focus, become self-conscious, have self-doubts to contend with and worry

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The Storybook Finish that Didn't Happen – Jenny Barringer's NCAA Cross Country Championships

December 2, 2009 Stephen Walker, PhD 0 Comments coaching, competition, dr. kristen dieffenbach, dr.-stephen-walker, goal-setting, health-psychology, Jenny Barringer, Kara-Goucher, Mark Wetmore, mental-skills, mental-toughness, NCAA Womens Cross Country Championships, overtraining, peak-performance, Renee Metivier-Ballie, running, Shayne Culpepper, sport-psychology-training, sports-psychology, sports-psychology-articles, sports-psychology-training, stress, stress-management, Under recovery, Univeristy of Colorado

by Stephen Walker, PhD, CC-AASP What Happened to Jenny Barringer? Legendary basketball coach John Wooden once said, “Things work out

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From USOC's Dr. Sean McCann: How Coaches & Athletes Can Build Stronger Performances

November 22, 2009 Stephen Walker, PhD 0 Comments coaching, competition, goal-setting, mental-conditioning, mental-skills, mental-tools, mental-toughness, peak-performance, sport-psychology-articles, sport-psychology-techniques, sport-psychology-training, sports-performance, sports-psychology-articles, sports-psychology-training, sports-skills

The USOC’s Coaching Newsletter – An Article on Performance Enhancement A THREE-STEP FORMULA FOR COMPETITION READINESS: FROM PREPARATION TO EXECUTION

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What Coaches and Consultants Should Know about Music and Rhythm in Sport Performance

August 2, 2009 Stephen Walker, PhD 1 Comment coaching, concentration, Dr. Lois Butcher Poffley, dr.-stephen-walker, exercise-psychology, football, golf, health-psychology, imagery, mental-conditioning, mental-skills, motor skills, music, Music and Tempo in Sport, Podcasts, rhythm, self-talk, sport-performance, sport-psychology-techniques, sport-psychology-training, sports-psychology-techniques, sports-psychology-training, sports-skills, tempo, visualization

Podium’s Podcast of the Week: Dr. Lois Butcher-Poffley’s research on music & tempo in Sport by Stephen E. Walker, PhD,

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Interview with Matt Reed: winner of 2009 the Pan Am Triathlon Title

May 30, 2009 Stephen Walker, PhD 3 Comments Add new tag, beijing-olympics, competition, cycling, focus, imagery, kelly rees, London olympics, Matt Reed, mental-conditioning, mental-toughness, motivation, peak-performance, racing, running, self-talk, sport-psychology-articles, sport-psychology-training, sports-psychology-training, swimming, triathlon, visualization

Listen to our Podcast of the week – An interview with Matt Reed after a training session this winter by

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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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