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Finally A Feel Good Sports Story! BLOG

June 15, 2010
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This week’s hero is Armando Galarraga, pitcher for the Detroit Tigers. Last week Galarraga lost a perfect game in the 9th inning due to an umpire’s missed call, but rather than lose his cool and blame the ump for the blunder, he has instead handled the situation with dignity and grace.
How about that – a [...]

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Sport Specialization: Is it the Right Choice?

May 5, 2010
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Sport Specialization: Is it the Right Choice?
By Christopher Stankovich, Ph.D.
Have you ever stopped and wondered whatever happened to the three-sport letter
winner? In the “old” days of athletics only just a few years ago, many young athletes
successfully played multiple sports, leading to the achievement of earning multiple
varsity letters in high school. Interestingly, a new trend has [...]

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Power of Positive Attitude

February 25, 2010
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POSITIVE ATTITUDE = POSITIVE ATHLETIC SUCCESS!
Christopher Stankovich, Ph.D.
Positive Attitude & Why It’s Important!
The attitude you choose each day (and it is a choice of yours 100% of the time) will make all the difference in the world when it comes to life success. Choose a positive attitude and your overall mood state will [...]

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Lock into “The Zone” for Athletic Success!

January 6, 2010
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“The Zone” & why it is important!
As an athlete I’m sure you already know about being “in the zone” and how awesome you play when you are locked into that magical mindset that allows your mind and body to be in synchrony – often resulting in some of your best games!  The “zone” is known [...]

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Confidence & Athletic Success

January 6, 2010
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The concept of self-efficacy, a term coined by Dr. Al Bandura of Stanford University, is defined as the belief that one is capable of performing in a certain manner to attain certain goals.  More simply, self-efficacy has to do with personal confidence, meaning the more confident we are in our potential abilities, the better we [...]

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Athletes & Risk-Taking Behaviors

January 6, 2010
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Are athletes more likely to engage in risk-taking behaviors compared to non-athletes?  If you watch the news these days, you might be inclined to think so.  While it is very difficult to determine if there really are any significant personality differences between athletes and non-athletes, many people do wonder if athletes have a different mindset, [...]

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Dealing with Pressure

January 6, 2010
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Anyone who has ever played competitive sports knows about “pressure” – especially how it always seems to enter the picture when the game is on the line!  Why is it that the basketball hoop seems to be the diameter of a soda bottle when attempting that game winning free throw, or the catchers mitt seems [...]

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The Realities of Playing Professional Sports

January 6, 2010
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For many kids today, becoming a professional athlete and enjoying the many perks of such a career – including celebrity-status, being on television, having their own sports card, or even being featured on a video game – is the dream of a lifetime!  Most pro athletes enjoy the benefits of lucrative contracts, receive celebrity-status almost [...]

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Youth Sport Burnout; An American Crisis?

January 6, 2010
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Youth sports burnout in America is increasing in at an alarming rate, and millions of kids nationwide are becoming both mentally and physically fatigued from playing sports too intensely, often year-round.  Sadly, this phenomenon seems to be getting worse, and not better.  This is probably due in large part to several contributing factors: Our country’s [...]

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Goal Setting Leads to Athletic Success

January 6, 2010
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Goal setting & why it is important!
Goal setting is what allows you to specifically identify things in your life that you would like to change or improve upon.  Rather than vaguely stating “I would like to become a great player,” you will find that by setting specific, controllable, measurable goals will actually give you a [...]

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