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Optimal Focus for Racing

September 30, 2007 Stephen Walker, PhD 1 Comment Armstrong, coach, coaching, competition, concentration, counseling, dealing-with-distractions, emotions, exercise-psychology, external-factors, focus, health-psychology, internal-factors, Lance, Lance-Armstrong, mental-conditioning, mental-game, mental-skills, mental-technique, mental-tools, mental-toughness, mental-training, mind, negative-thoughts, noise, over, past-performances, peak-performance, performance, racing, 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, time, weather

The ability to focus allows you to maintain concentration over a period of time and tune-in to what you need

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The Confidence Man – Mariano Rivera

July 30, 2007 Stephen Walker, PhD 0 Comments article, baseball, best, coach, coaching, competition, composure, confidence, hitter-calm, Mariano, mental-skills, mental-strength, mental-toughness, pitcher, relief, Rivera, sport-psychology, sports-psychology, success, time

“By the time Rivera reached the mound, he had shed all of the elements of humanity inconvenient to his job.