2002

INTERVIEW: Gary Player

Published on: 6th October, 2002

With Paul Schienberg, Ph.D.   Gary Player has won more than 160 titles worldwide and is only on of the five golfers who have triumphed in the Grand Slam of Golf (all four major championships). He is commonly regarded as the best bunker player of all time. He has collected 42 seniors and regular tour [...]

MOTIVATION: Making It

Published on: 6th October, 2002

by Wayne Dominowski Who would have thought I’d make it? Forty-plus years ago when I graduated from high school I ranked 170 out of 177. According to the test or tests I took back then, I could look forward to becoming a tool and die maker. I could be happy about that, I was told, [...]

LETTER TO THE EDITOR:

Published on: 6th October, 2002

TO: questions@psychedonline.org FROM: XXXXXX@clv.uk SUBJECT: Fan Violence DATE: 9/23/02, 16:47 I am very concerned about the amount of violence that has come up lately in sports. I am not talking about the athletes themselves but the fans. Having lived in England several years ago, I am very familiar with the problem of soccer hooliganism in [...]

Goal Setting: Motivation In Training For Skydiving -

Published on: 6th September, 2002

by Vic Napier & Paul Schienberg, Ph.D. The general public often thinks of skydiving as a “stunt” performed by “dare devils” in Hollywood films. If a movie scene did not call for characters to jump out of a plane, they would be falling off the balcony after being shot, or having a fiery crash into [...]

INTERVIEW: Robby Naish

Published on: 6th September, 2002

With Paul Schienberg, Ph.D. Robby Naish is widely acknowledged as the greatest windsurfer of all time. He shocked the sport by winning his first world championship at age 13 in 1976 and then proceeded to win another 22 world titles over the next 16 years. Born in La Jolla, California just over 38 years ago, [...]

GOLF: Pre-Shot Routine

Published on: 6th September, 2002

by Miguel Humara, Ph.D. “I wish I could hit it like that all the time” is one of the most common complaints I hear from golfers. The good news is that you have the physical ability to hit those shots. In fact, inconsistent performances usually indicate a problem with your mental approach to the game. [...]

LETTER TO THE EDITOR:

Published on: 6th September, 2002

TO: questions@psychedonline.org FROM: Kev2448@budweiser.com SUBJECT: Baseball Player’s Strike DATE: 8/30/02, 13:22 Many of my friends have reacted quite strongly to the possibility of a strike in baseball. Some of them have gone so far as to stop watching since they don’t think that the two sides will be able to resolve their differences. Others, like [...]

INTERVIEW: Emerson Fittipaldi

Published on: 2nd August, 2002

With Paul Schienberg, Ph.D. Emerson Fittipaldi competed in 144 Grand Prix events and won 14 of them. He was the winner at the US Grand Prix in 1970; the Spanish, Belgium, British, Austrian, and Italian Grand Prix in 1972; the Argentinean, Brazilian and Spanish Grand Prix in 1973; the Brazilian, Belgian and Canadian Grand Prix [...]

Drugs And Sports: Who Getting High?

Published on: 1st August, 2002

by Paul Schienberg, Ph.D. & Miguel Humara, Ph.D. Illicit drug use is a huge problem in communities all over the United States. Although sports usually works as a protective factor from the initiation into drug use, even athletes can fall under their dark spell. Coaches, agents. team-mates, friends and family members must be educated in [...]

MOTIVATION: Encouraged By The Force Within Us

Published on: 1st August, 2002

by Wayne Dominowski For those of you who have seen the Star Wars trilogy, you may recall Obi-Wan Kenobi encouraging Luke Skywalker with “May the Force be with you.” I’m not sure whom or what the Force actually was – whether it was God, inner-strength, self-confidence, self-esteem, or positive self-efficacy. Maybe it was all of [...]

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