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This is the third day I follow the whole plan, including breathing exercises, meditation, zhan zhuan and the scheduled workout. The first day is always a bit hard after I stop for more than a week, but I believe it is pretty much like training in general: people who have practiced before have some sort of “practical memory” and they recover their ability fast. In strength training, people have different (yet not sanctioned by the scientific community) names for this: muscle memory, neural memory and others.

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Powerlifter and scientist Marilia Coutinho continues her personal experiment, exploring the use of tai chi chuang to develop mental skills for powerlifting performance.

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Throughout my career I have been determined to present sport psychology in a palatable and digestable format. Often some of the concepts and methodologies presented by the psychologist can be a little "clunky" to say the least.This led me to develop the Mindsport card series.

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Read the latest blogs and articles from sport psychology professionals who are members of iStadia's global sport & exercise community.

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Encouragement in the media and sporting contexts to show mental toughness, hanging in there, show grit, dogged determination...is common. But is this always a good thing? Is there a flip-side to this emphasis of rising to all challenges, quitting being for wimps...?

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Confidence is a universal concept in modern sport, and a key factor in determining Here are some techniques and philosophies to help boost and raise confidence in the domain of sport.

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How many of you have big dreams and goals that you want to achieve with greater certainty!

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A personal post from a rower who is out there "walking the walk" when it comes to mental toughness.

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There's a great article in Sptember 2007 Todays Golfer (www.todaysgolfer.com) issue comparing five routes of game performance improvement. Unsurprisingly for me, the psychology route (mental game) proved the most effective, with custom clubs coming secon

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Scotland's football team (and maybe other sports too) seem to have carved out a niche of their own - in 'glorious failure'. I'd argue that as long as we're OK with that it will stop us from stepping up and joining the big boys. It's our comfort zone and w

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Article that explores the links between mental toughness and motivation in sport.

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