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EXPECTATIONS AND THE SELF-FULFILLING PROPHECY.
Posted by: mindoversports on: March 3, 2012
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In 1948, Robert Merton published a paper in which he stated: “The self-fulfilling prophecy is, in the beginning, a false definition of the situation evoking a new behavior which makes the originally false conception come true. The specious validity of the self-fulfilling prophecy perpetuates a reign of error. For the prophet will cite the actual [...]
THE PLACEBO EFFECT AND SPORTS PERFORMANCE.
Posted by: mindoversports on: February 29, 2012
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Much has been written about the placebo effect as related to the field of health, but it can also apply to the field of sports performance. For example, let’s assume you are a member of a men’s college basketball team and since your days in Junior College you’ve had difficulty making free throws, even though [...]
WHAT MAKES A SUCCESSFUL COACH SUCCESSFUL?
Posted by: mindoversports on: February 27, 2012
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Successful coaches care about their athletes as human beings first, and then as athletic performers. This includes helping them with their personal issues and problems and having an open-door policy. Successful coaches know that when they get angry they give away their power. They do not yell and get in the faces of their athletes. [...]
WHY SOME COACHES’ EYES GLAZE OVER WHEN DISCUSSING VISUALIZATION.
Posted by: mindoversports on: February 23, 2012
I live in Springfield, Missouri, where currently taking place is the 60th Annual National Collegiate Handball Championships Tournament with male and female athletes coming from schools all over the United States and even Ireland. As a former handball player myself, I had a special interest in watching some of the games. While visiting with some [...]
DOES JEREMY LIN HAVE A NEW GIRLFRIEND? SOMEONE HE IS THINKING OF MARRYING?
Posted by: mindoversports on: February 17, 2012
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Jeremy is having one heck of a season. From my perspective, he’s always had the ability he’s now demonstrating, it’s just that it’s been lying dormant. It’s not unusual when a good relationship with a member of the opposite sex enhances an athlete’s performance. And though I’m not privy to what’s going on in Jeremy’s [...]
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