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05 Apr 2013

Birth Like an Athlete – Kerri Walsh Jennings

Tags: Athlete Pregnancy
Written by Lisa Pedersen, Posted in Articles for Parents, Sports Psychology | 1 Comment

It’s getting closer. Sometime around the magical due date of April 9, 2013, Kerri Walsh Jennings will be meeting her baby girl for the very first time. Just like she did while pregnant with her sons, Joey and Sundance, Kerri has excitedly gone to her prenatal appointments. She has stocked her house with the much needed newborn-sized diapers. Doesn’t this sound like any woman enjoying the end stages of pregnancy, and not someone, who months earlier, won an Olympic gold medal, later learning she was six weeks with child? If you’re a pregnant woman who has competed as an […]

04 Mar 2013

Dorfman’s Mental ABC’s of Pitching

Tags: Baseball, confidence, focus, sports
Written by Mike Edger, Posted in Sports Psychology | 4 Comments

Harvey Dorfman was a sports psychologist who counseled many of baseball’s most successful hitters and pitchers. Dorfman worked with major league baseball’s top athletes, and published prominent books on the mental aspects of baseball. Among his list of star clients are sluggers Alex Rodriguez, Mark McGwire, Jose Canseco, and Cy Young Award-winning pitchers Greg Maddux, Bob Welch, and Roy Halladay. In 2000, Halladay set the record for highest ERA ever, among MLB pitchers (10.53) with a minimum 50 innings pitched. His performance continued to slump so he was sent not just to the minors, but all the way down […]

12 Feb 2013

NCAA Basketball: Strong Mental Game Key to NCAA Basketball Totals

Written by D.S. Williamson, Posted in Sports Psychology | Leave a comment

There’s no question that when it comes to NCAA basketball totals, the combined amount scored by each team in a single game, a strong mental game, is key. Being tough defensively in college basketball is often times reactionary while scoring on the hard court requires having a progressive mind. This is why companies like Sports Psychology Today have not only become a focal point for athletes, parents and coaches, but they’ve also become important to sports handicappers that pay attention to NCAA basketball totals. The key to knowing whether or not a game will go over the total is […]

08 Jan 2013

The Rise of Kronum

Tags: Kronum, New Sports
Written by Mike Edger, Posted in Articles for Athletes, Sports Psychology, Youth Sports Articles | 1 Comment

A new sports craze has taken over South Eastern Pennsylvania and its popularity continues to grow in the United States and Europe. Kronum was invented in 2008 at Villanova University in Pennsylvania. It combines the physical and mental elements of various sports such as: soccer, basketball, rugby, football and handball. In only a few years the Kronum has reached the high school, college, and professional level with its slogan “Join the Revolution.” Kronum is played by two teams, each with 10 players on the field at all times. The game is fast-paced because possessions can change quickly, and players […]

19 Dec 2012

Mental Training and Performance Enhancement

Tags: mental game, sports
Written by Mike Edger, Posted in Articles for Athletes, Articles for Coaches, Articles for Parents, Sports Psychology, Youth Sports Articles | 3 Comments

For some athletes, mental training is an untouched avenue to improve sports performance. Many athletes do not understand mental training and may be skeptical about its value.Even if you as a parent understand the importance of mental toughness in your young athletes, your kids might resist it. If kids do not “buy in” to mental training, they will not reap the benefits it provides. We teach sports parents and coaches how to encourage their kids to have a strong mental game. Many athletes don’t realize that resources are available to improve their mental game. When under performing or in […]

15 Dec 2012

Attentional Focus and Self-Talk

Tags: focus, self-talk, sports psychology
Written by Keith Begley, Posted in Articles for Athletes, Articles for Coaches, Sports Psychology, Sports Psychology Research | 3 Comments

Attentional Focus and Best Use of Self-Talk in Closed Skill Tasks International rugby stars and place kickers Dan Carter, Ronan O Gara and Jonny Wilkinson, among many others place the ball, set themselves, say something to themselves and mostly go about their business and put the ball between the posts. So what exactly are they saying and why? Research has shown that the use of psychological techniques can enhance sporting performance (Krane & Williams, 2006). Use of psychological techniques, cognitive strategies or mental training has been commonly used by high performance athletes for many years. Aided by the growth […]

11 Dec 2012

Understanding “The Zone” in Sports

Tags: focus, The Zone
Written by Robin Clarkson, Posted in Articles for Athletes, Articles for Coaches, Sports Psychology | Leave a comment

Athletes need to play into zone, it does not just come to you. Once you understand the parameters which allow you to enter, raise, expand and enhance the zone, you will have a change perspective in what you do. What the playing zone is and how it works goes like this: The zone, like sport, works on space and time. And you have to think of the zone as a room in your mind. To enter this room you require stillness of the mind, which reduces the thoughts, which creates space, which the zone loves because that’s what it […]

08 Nov 2012

Sports Psychology and Mental Training

Tags: sports, sports mental training, sports psychology
Written by Mike Edger, Posted in Articles for Athletes, Articles for Coaches, Articles for Parents, Sports Psychology, Youth Sports Articles | 1 Comment

Most athletes are highly committed to excellence and seeing how far they can go in sports. They love competition and testing themselves against the best in their sport. They understand the importance of a positive attitude and mental toughness. These athletes want every possible advantage they can get including the mental edge over the competition. Sports Psychology is about improving your attitude and mental toughness to help you perform your best by identifying limiting beliefs and embracing a healthier philosophy about your sport. Mental training is used by elite athletes to help improve focus, confidence and deal with distractions. […]

07 Nov 2012

The Key to Composure in Sports

Tags: composure, sports, The 3 R's
Written by Mike Edger, Posted in Articles for Athletes, Articles for Parents, Sports Psychology, Youth Sports Articles | 5 Comments

The first step to improve your composure is to identify the mental breakdowns that cause you to lose emotional control in sports. For example, an athlete with very high expectations for his performance is likely to become easily frustrated, lose control emotionally, when he believes that those expectations are not being met. Below is a list of the top mental errors that can reduce your composure. 1. Perfectionism — When you don’t perform perfectly you lose composure because you become frustrated and then focus too much on your errors instead of the tasks needed to perform well. 2. Social […]

05 Nov 2012

Common Mental Game Challenges for Athletes

Tags: Baseball, sports
Written by Mike Edger, Posted in Articles for Athletes, Articles for Coaches, Articles for Parents, Sports Psychology, Youth Sports Articles | 6 Comments

One of the hallmarks of great athletes is the desire to improve themselves. Athletes at all levels use mental training and sports psychology to become better athletes, and overcome their mental game challenges. Mental training helps athletes perform more consistently, find the zone more often, keep a winning streak alive, and learn how to think well under pressure. The first step of mental training is to identify the need to improve your mental game. Often times athletes are unaware of the mental barriers the limit their performance, and how mental training can help them meet their athletic potential. The […]

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Birth Like an Athlete – Kerri Walsh Jennings

Dorfman’s Mental ABC’s of Pitching

NCAA Basketball: Strong Mental Game Key to NCAA Basketball Totals

The Rise of Kronum

Mental Training and Performance Enhancement

Attentional Focus and Self-Talk

Understanding “The Zone” in Sports

Sports Psychology and Mental Training

The Key to Composure in Sports

Common Mental Game Challenges for Athletes

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