THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOL TO SPORTS INJURIES.
Posted by: mindoversports on: April 19, 2012
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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 alcohol interferes with the oxygen supply making an athlete susceptible to injury. The consumption of alcohol interferes with the transportation of oxygen to the body’s muscle cells and is not being delivered to the ligaments and tendons. When the muscle fibers are deprived of oxygen, the athlete is more prone to injuries. Especially joint injuries. This is pretty common knowledge among personal trainers who work on professional athletes but it’s a fact often hidden from public view since there is a close association of the marketing of alcoholic beverages and sports, especially professional sports. So when you read where an athlete is experiencing muscle and ligament problems, there’s a possibility that particular athlete is also consuming substantial amounts of alcohol in his or her personal life.
OZZIE GUILLEN AND THE ISSUE OF FREE SPEECH.
Posted by: mindoversports on: April 19, 2012
Though it’s true that Miami Marlin’s manager Ozzie Guillen has a right to free speech, his comments regarding Fidel Castro probably won’t get him fired. But what will get him fired is if Florida fans boycott Marlins games and stay away in droves. At that point it will become an economic issue and Guillen’s tenure as manager will be history. There’s a good lesson to be learned from this and hopefully Guillen will come to understand that he needs to think before he speaks. Especially when he has a high profile job as manager of a major league baseball team.
ONE REASON WHY YEONIS CESPEDES IS PERFORMING BELOW HIS ABILITY IN OAKLAND.
Posted by: mindoversports on: April 18, 2012
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When Yeonis Cespedes fled Castro’s Cuba for an opportunity to play MLB is America, he was fortunate to have signed a four-year, $36 million contract as a free agent with the Oakland Athletics. When he left, Cespedes was able to bring with him his mother, aunt and three cousins. However, his 2-year-old son, Yeonis Jr. stayed behind with his mother, who is not married to Cespedes. And according to an article in USA Today, since arriving in America, “Cespedes is batting .212 with three homers and seven RBI. He has reached base safely in nine of 10 games but also has struck out in all but one game, for an alarming 15 times in 33 at-bats.” In my opinion, this is another example of how off-field issues affect on-field performance. If I were advising the Oakland front office, I would recommend they do everything in their power to bring Cespedes’ son and the mother of his child to America ASAP.
ARKANSAS FOOTBALL COACH BOBBY PETRINO CREATED WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM.
Posted by: mindoversports on: April 11, 2012
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Those of you familiar with my Psycho Self-Imagery Principle know that when you are living a lie and your life is in disharmony, you will create negative events in your life. Such was the case with University of Arkansas head coach Bobby Petrino. It’s a generally accepted theory that fame and wealth often act as aphrodisiacs and could well be the reason he was having an affair with a woman half his age. But in addition, he “knowingly mislead” the university and engaged in reckless behavior which resulted in his being fired from a job that was going to pay him $24.92 million over the life of his seven-year contract. And it’s not over yet. More than likely his wife, who is also the mother of his four children, will divorce him. And the twenty-five-year-old employee, Jessica Dorrell, who was riding on the back of his motorcycle when they crashed, was given $20,000 by Petrino and no one knows why. One has to wonder what she doing on the back of that motorcycle in the first place since she is engaged to be married to Josh Morgan, director of operations for the Arkansas women’s swimming and diving team. So I would look for some additional negative things happening in her life as well. And next up, Roger Clemens.
TWO OF THE MAIN REASONS BUBBA WATSON WON THE MASTERS: CALEB WATSON AND GERRY WATSON.
Posted by: mindoversports on: April 9, 2012
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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 taking home that green jacket:
Number one, he was happy and his life was in harmony. In the field of golf, it’s not uncommon for members of the LPGA to take a maternity break, have a baby, and when they return they find their golf game has risen to a new level and they suddenly begin winning tournaments. (Just ask Juli Inkster and I’m sure she will confirm this.) In Bubba’s case, just two weeks before the Masters he and his wife Angie adopted a one month old baby boy and named him Caleb. “It’s a blessing. To go home to my new son will be a lot of fun,” Watson said. “Golf isn’t everything for me. If I would have lost today, it wouldn’t have been the end of the world. To win is awesome, but I’ll go back to real life next week. I still haven’t changed a diaper.”
And number two, he was “excelling for a higher order.” Bubba was helped by the memory of his late father, Gerry, who died of throat cancer on October 15, 2010. According to USA Today: “Watson has thrown himself into the cause of finding a cure for cancer, which is why one of the biggest hitters on the PGA Tour uses a pink driver with a pink shaft. He also wore pink trim on the all-whites he wore every day of the Masters.” When you help others less fortunate than yourself, you enhance your feelings of self-worth, thereby enhancing your performance. As the poet John Bright wrote: “Find yourself a cause, not a resting place. You may not do much for the cause, but the cause will do much for you.”
Combining the adoption of a new son with the memory of his late father had a powerful positive effect on his performance.
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