Training

LETTER OF THE MONTH

Published on: 6th May, 2003

TO: questions@psychedonline.org FROM: XXXXXX@aol.com SUBJECT: Rubber Legs DATE: Fri, 18 Apr 2003 07:36:51 After reading your interview with Jeff Torborg, I was wondering … My coach is a very smart and nice man who never gets upset at anything any of our players do – like Torborg seems to be. We have had a losing [...]

LETTER TO THE EDITOR:

Published on: 6th February, 2003

TO: questions@psychedonline.org FROM: XXXXXX@sympatico.ca SUBJECT: Rubber Legs DATE: Tue, 31 Dec 2002 12:04:54 Dear Psyched: I am an Atom “AA” hockey player and I play left wing. I can normally skate very fast. However, when my team is involved in very important playoff games, my legs feel rubbery and I can’t achieve my usual speeds. [...]

MOTIVATION: The Good Ol’ Days, or How I Lost My Front Teeth

Published on: 6th January, 2003

By Wayne Dominowski Forty years ago, we were issued single bar facemasks. Even so, as a lineman, the line coach called me a “big baby” because I had one installed on my helmet. It was a relief not to have my nose and face hit every other play. No one wore a mouth-guard back then [...]

Parenting: Girls II – Training Their Minds and Bodies

Published on: 6th December, 2002

By Paul Schienberg, PhD In Part I of this series, many benefits of girls participation in sports were described: greater sense of self develops when they can trust their bodies abilities; improve capacities for rolling with life’s ups and downs; intrinsic motivations are established; ability to make quick decisions and execute them; and higher thinking [...]

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 [...]

MENTAL TRAINING: Techniques To Reduce Stress II

Published on: 5th February, 2002

By Paul Schienberg, PhD INTRODUCTION: The first article in this series (Techniques to Reduce Stress I), we reviewed Diaphragmatic Breathing and Imagery techniques in reducing stress. It was noted that both can improve the positive impact on lowering stress and anxiety in an athletic situation that is being or will be encountered. This article will [...]

MENTAL TRAINING: Making Use of Self-Hypnosis

Published on: 1st February, 2002

By Paul Schienberg, PhD Self-hypnosis is a technique that is often used by athletes for the purposes of pain management, anxiety reduction, or maximizing exertion. Hypnosis is a temporary, trance-like state, which is characterized by the individual being exceedingly suggestible. If a hypnotized individual is told that he/she can not move his arm, then he/she [...]

Attributions – Why Did I Do That Coach?

Published on: 1st March, 2001

By Paul Schienberg, PhD One characteristic that connects us humans is the desire to assign meaning and causality to events that occur in our lives. These are called attributions. Only those who have reached some extreme level of spiritual development have “given up these quests.” Let me save you some time! We are not one [...]