Team Sports

A-Rod: Therapy Has Helped My Baseball

Published on: 6th July, 2005

A “shrink” can expand your athletic performance. By Paul Schienberg, PhD

Communication Blocks: Part II

Published on: 6th September, 2004

By Paul Schienberg, PhD This article will address more communication blocks that can interfere with inner personal blocks (player in player and coach in coach) and interpersonal blocks (player to coach, player to player and coach to player) understandings and athletic performance. Please re-read The Basics in “Communication Blocks: I”, volume 3, Issue 7 before [...]

Building a Sports Team

Published on: 6th December, 2003

By Paul Schienberg, PhD When children are born, they are usually thrust into a group called a family. Over the past forty years, the stability of this unit has proven to be more and more unreliable. By the time children reach their eighteenth birthday, the family, as originally constituted, no longer exists. Children often belong [...]

Communication and Athletic Groups II

Published on: 6th December, 2003

By Paul Schienberg, PhD If a group of any kind is to function, its members must be able to communicate easily and efficiently. In successful teams, coaches and athletes talk openly about interpersonal and task-related issues that affect them directly. Interpersonal conflict is often the result of misunderstanding and miscommunication of feelings. Learning how to [...]

Eye And Hand Dominance – Baseball Performance

Published on: 6th June, 2003

By Paul Schienberg, PhD Introduction: Background And History Except for a few isolated cases, such as the preference of the lobster, crab and rat to use the right claw or paw, and the preference of cats to use their left paw, most animals are said to be ambidextrous and do not display lateral preference. Preference [...]

INTERVIEW: Andy Fox

Published on: 6th May, 2003

With Paul Schienberg, Ph.D. Andy Fox plays shortstop and third base for the Florida Marlins. He was born and raised in Sacramento, California. He began his major league career with the New York Yankees. After two years with them, he was traded to the Arizona Diamondbacks where he had his most successful year in 1998. [...]

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 [...]

INTERVIEW: Jeff Torborg

Published on: 6th April, 2003

With Paul Schienberg, Ph.D. Jeffrey Torborg was born in Plainfield, New Jersey on November 26, 1941. He played as a catcher for 10 seasons in the major leagues for the Los Angeles Dodgers and the California Angels. Jeff caught several no-hitters, most notably Sandy Koufax’s perfect game on September 9, 1965 vs. the Chicago Cubs. [...]

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. [...]

LETTER TO THE EDITOR:

Published on: 6th January, 2003

TO: questions@psychedonline.org FROM: XXXXXX@verizon.com SUBJECT: Travel DATE: 12/20/02, 16:02 Dear Psyched: My son plays football at [major university] and has a bowl game on New Year’s eve. Because of this he is going to be away from us during the holidays. It got me to thinking that it must be tough for athletes who have [...]

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