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What Resiliency Means as a Marine

SHAPE America

This shared struggle not only builds physical toughness but also reinforces the mental and emotional endurance necessary to face real-world challenges with confidence and strength. Be sure to take things one step at a time and focus on small, achievable goals rather than trying to tackle everything at once.

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THE PITFALLS OF 'MORE, YOUNGER' MINDSET Why Starting Kids Too Early and Pushing Them Too Hard Can Backfire in Youth Sports

Better Coaching

This approach, which Ive labeled More, Younger, insists that increased time on the field, in the gym, or on the court is the surest path to success, scholarships, and lifelong athletic achievement. This psychological pressure, combined with physical risks, underscores why More, Younger is a flawed approach.

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Power-Up Rhythm and Timing in Physical Education Activities

Gopher Sport

These skills include core strength, balance, weight shift, motor rhythm, motor timing, visual-spatial, and object-perceptual skills. Deficits such as these in foundational motor skills have consequences for cognition and achievement. 2019 ; Hardy et al., 2019 ; Kolovelonis & Goudas, 2023 ).

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Dealing with Injury as a Runner: How To Cope with a Running Injury

The Sporting

While injury quite obviously affects us physically, i.e. not being able to run or being in pain, it also affects us psychologically, or mentally. Do something, anything… whether that be riding your bike several times a week, strength training in the gym , or even going for long walks (if your injury permits).

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Preteen Beats ACL-Meniscus Tear With Grit and Great Care

Stanford Childrens

A yearlong recovery A week after Aiden’s surgery, he began physical therapy to maintain strength. An advanced look at his body symmetry and strength Around seven months post-surgery, Aiden visited the Stanford Children’s Motion Analysis & Sports Performance Laboratory , one of a handful of labs like it in Northern California.

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Connecting the Dots to Eliminating Mental Blocks

AASP

.</p> <h3>The Use of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) Techniques to Resolve Mental Blocks </h3> <p>Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) involves connecting thoughts, language, and learned behavior patterns through experiences to achieve the desired outcome (Kotera et al., </li> <li>Kotera, Y.,

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Meditation: Why You Need to Include it in Your Life

The Sporting

Concentrative meditation aims to achieve stillness of the body and mind. Improves Attention Span Meditation has many psychological benefits. Concentrative meditation increases the strength and endurance of your attention. It involves the practitioner focusing their attention on an object of concentration.