Features

REJECTION CAN LEAD TO SUCCESS

Published on: 19th October, 2011

by Paul Schienberg, PhD An article (“How Insults Spur Success”)  from The New York Times’ Jobs Section,  page 9,  October 16, 2011, as told by  Peggy Payne and written by  Patricia R. Olsen, shared a story that is relevant to all of us, and more specifically, athletes. A quote from the article is a good place to begin.   “At 62, I’m still [...]

FAN LOYALTY

Published on: 17th October, 2011

By Paul Schienberg, PhD A fan’s loyalty to a sport franchise builds like any loyalty to specific product. You wonder why a team that abandoned a City still maintains loyalty from its fans. Yes, many are angry at being left. Many other fans are in shock. But for many other fans, they are remain emotionally [...]

THE BURDEN: The Older Sibling Athlete

Published on: 7th June, 2010

by Madhuli Kulkarni – A Sport Psychologist   This article is with reference to your article ‘SIBLING RISK TAKING ON THE BASE PATH’ I have worked with quite a good number of siblings who have played the same sport. Here is a very interesting and a very similar situation that you have shown in the [...]

WHAT MAKES FOR A GREAT SPORTS TEAM RIVALRY!

Published on: 6th June, 2010

By Paul Schienberg, PhD This week the Boston Celtics and the Los Angeles Lakers are playing each other for the Championship of the National Basketball Association. These two teams have played against each other more often than any other combination of professional basketball teams in the final series to become the champions. The Rivalry is intense – [...]

SIBLING RISK TAKING IN SPORTS

Published on: 3rd June, 2010

By Paul Schienberg, PhD Frank Sulloway and Richard Zweigenhaft studied the evidence of younger brothers willing to take greater risks by stealing bases. They dug through the data base of baseball statistics. In general, it has been postulated that younger siblings take more risks than their older brothers because of the need to fight for [...]

An Amateur Golfer From Long Island Plays With the Big Boys At The 2007 Bob Hope Dessert Classic

Published on: 3rd May, 2009

By Paul Schienberg, PhD My brother, Mark, plays out of the Muttontown Country Club on Long Island. On January 13, of 2007, he and I set out on a journey that would result in him playing as an amateur golfer in the Bob Hope Pro-Am Dessert Classic in Palm Springs. Mark had never played in [...]

Everyone’s A Winner: A Middle School Football Game

Published on: 21st April, 2007

By Paul Schienberg, PhD Thousands of middle school football games get played across the country every weekend. Coaches and players spend hours trying to figure out ways to beat their opponents. Teams sometimes run up winning scores so that contracts are renewed, scholarships are offered, and players will be rewarded with gifts of all kinds. [...]

Yoga and Golf

Published on: 21st April, 2007

With Paul Schienberg, PhD AN EXPERIENCE AT THE DRIVING RANGE ENLIGHTENED ME. I KEPT HITTING THE BALL OFF TO THE LEFT. I AM A LEFT HANDED GOLFER. AN INSTRUCTOR STANDING TO ME ASKED ME IF I WANTED TO KNOW WHAT I WAS DOING WRONG. I SAID, “SURE.” HE TOLD ME, YOU ARE NOT SWINGING THROUGH [...]

Outline Notes on a Sports Team as an Effective Group

Published on: 18th April, 2007

Translated by Paul Schienberg, PhD I. THE NATURE OF GROUPS A. Definition of a Group 1.The common fate of members serves to highlight the nature of a group. 2.Groups are a source of strength. 3.Groups are characterized by a social structure (roles, norms, status differences and positional differences). 4.Groups are characterized by a variety of [...]

STRATEGIES FOR HANDLING PAIN BY ATHLETES ARE EVALUATED

Published on: 6th July, 2006

By Lina Vaisetaite

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