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Showing posts with label Mental Skills. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mental Skills. Show all posts
Wednesday, January 31, 2018

Take Me Out to the Brain Game - SBNation.com

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The go-to phrase from Moneyball. Dyktra was going to "stick" future Hall of Famer  S t eve Carlton in a spring training game, w...
Friday, May 12, 2017

Coach Traub's Core Concepts for Mental Toughness

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MENTAL TOUGHNESS TRAINING CORE CONCEPTS This came in the mailbox, so I thought I would share. Good advice and...
Friday, September 26, 2014

Captain Clutch! Jeter scripts walk-off in home finale

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When Pearce hit the HR to tie and knowing that Jeter would be up third in the bottom of the inning, you just felt something like this woul...
Monday, June 16, 2014

Mental Imaging | Human Kinetics

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Mental Imaging This is an excerpt from   Tennisology  by Thomas Rowland. Why waste money on Wimbledon tickets when yo...
Saturday, January 05, 2013

Shake it Off and Step Up!

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Good advice. There is a parable about a farmer whose old mule fell into a dry well. After assessing the situation, the farmer sympathi...
Sunday, December 02, 2012

Sports Are 80 Percent Mental: Coaches Should Reward The Effort More Than The Skill

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This articles (below) have an awful lot of Carol Dweck and  Mindset: The New Psychology for Success and Angela Duckworth's  True G...
Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Daniel Wolpert on Why you have a Brain - To hit a fastball, of course!!

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Yogi Berra is credited with saying "You can't think and hit at the same time". As usual, Yogi was correct, apparently you ...
Thursday, April 12, 2012

Neuroplasticity: one of the most extraordinary studies of the 20th century

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FROM SAN DIEGO EXAMINER: Brain changing for sports and weight loss http://www.examiner.com/fitness-in-san-diego/brain-changing-for-sport...
Thursday, April 05, 2012

In Praise of Acknowledgment (over praise)

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Some interesting stuff to think about for coaches from the world of teaching. ac·knowl·edg·ment /akˈnälijmənt/ Noun: 1. Acceptance o...
Wednesday, March 07, 2012

Are you a Creature of Bad Habits?

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There are many days I wonder about falling victim to practice. Definitely a creature of habit, just have to make sure that I'm choosing...
Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Are you Mentally Tough Enough?

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From the Sports Performance Bulletin: http://www.pponline.co.uk/encyc/are-you-mentally-tough-enough-42023 Good article explaining what m...
Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Fw: THE BEGINNERS MIND

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Some interesting concepts for coaches, teachers or parents to understand when dealing with the developmental stages athletes and students a...
Thursday, October 27, 2011

How to Memorize Anything You Want: A Quick Primer on Mental Mapping | The Art of Manliness

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I meant to post this article when it first hit my e-mail some time ago and I forgot, so obviously I need some work in this area. I'll h...
Thursday, August 25, 2011

FEAR OF SUCCESS OR FEAR OF FAILURE?

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Sometimes you have to make an honest evaluation of where you are before you can decide where you are going. Otherwise you're just l...