Pressure to Win Championship Games As sports fan around the country prepared to watch coverage of Super Bowl 50, the athletes of the Denver Broncos and the Carolina Panthers had to prepare themselves …
Mental Toughness and the Stress of Sports Injuries
How to Handle Adversity in Sports Adversity strikes everyone at some point in his or her sports career, but how an athlete climbs back after an injury, for example, forges his or her legacy.Injuries …
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Carlos Beltran: A Clutch Performer Under Pressure
How to Be a Clutch Performer How do you perform when the game is on the line and you feel pressure to perform? Are you able to rise to the occasion and perform optimally in the clutch or do you …
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Do You Have Nerves of Steel?
Do You Choke Under Pressure? What does it mean in sports psychology terms when I talk about “nerves” in sport? If we use the term, “nerves of steel,” we are referring to a mindset: the courage that …
How Tiger Woods Copes with Adversity
How to Handle Adversity in Sports How others define you as an athlete will be according to the degree you overcome obstacles and manage adversity, which is part of sports. No one can escape …
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Michael Wacha and How to Deal with Playoff Pressure
In sports, we hear the words “pressure,” “stress,” and “anxiety.” Some athletes accept “pressure” as part of sports and believe there is nothing you can do about it. What if you could learn to deal …
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