March 2003

FEATURE: Cognitive Style AND Athletic Performance Part I: Distortions

Published on: 6th March, 2003

by Paul Schienberg, Ph.D.
The pressures of competitive sport offer ideal situations for creating irrational or distorted cognitive styles. What athletes say to themselves may not positively contribute to success. It may, in fact, lead to failure. Some athletes and their coaches believe that the best performance comes from No conscious thinking [...]

INTERVIEW: Illie Nastase

Published on: 6th March, 2003

With Paul Schienberg, Ph.D.
 
Ilie Nastase born: July 19, 1946
Place of Birth: Bucharest, Romania
Country of Residence: Romania
Turned Professional: 1975
He was twice ranked as the world’s number one men’s player in the early 1970’s. Ilie won two Grand Slam singles titles during his illustrious career – the US Open in 1972 and [...]

PARENTING: Dealing with Abusive Coaches

Published on: 6th March, 2003

by Miguel Humara, Ph.D.
Last year I went to watch my cousin’s 13 year-old boy play for the championship of his soccer league. Tom’s a pretty good soccer player and I was surprised to hear him say as we drove to the field that he didn’t know if he was going to play the following year. [...]

LETTER OF THE MONTH

Published on: 6th March, 2003

From: XXXXX@mninter.net
To: Psychedonlineorg@yahoo.com
Subject: Aging Jock
Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 07:36:46 -0600
Just turned 60 and I am having trouble enjoying my Racquetball because of an “attitude problem” of loosing and not winning.
How can I turn the clock back 30 years when I was learning the game and had little or no success for a long time [...]