Posted by: mindoversports on: April 26, 2012
If you’re a recreational golfer and want to improve your score, here’s an idea you might want to try. When you arrive at the course you’re going to play, have a pad and pen with you and write down all the things that may be going through your mind (before you tee off) regarding chores [...]
Posted by: mindoversports on: April 19, 2012
I recently had an opportunity to interview Dr. Tommy Burnett who spent 40 years as a professor at Missouri State University. Dr. Burnett has a PhD in Sport Psychology and is also an expert in Sports Law and Risk Management. He told me that when athletes exercise, the oxygen goes to the muscles first. But [...]
Posted by: mindoversports on: April 9, 2012
I believe in order for any golfer to win the Masters he must first and foremost have the skill level to win. But once he has the skill level, there are other factors (especially mental factors) that can affect performance. Here are just two of them that, from my perspective, were responsible for Bubba Watson [...]
Posted by: mindoversports on: March 17, 2012
I was speaking to a young man who played football for a club team and found out that the team owner did not provide insurance for him to cover any kind of injuries he might experience as a result of his playing. And the thought occurred to me that perhaps “health care reform” was not [...]
Posted by: mindoversports on: March 12, 2012
Every coach would like to know what his or her team is REALLY thinking, and that’s why I highly recommend a focus group as the first phase when working with a team, without coaches present. A focus group is a form of qualitative research in which a group of people are asked about their perceptions, [...]