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The Enduring Challenge of Cheltenham: A Test of Horse and Rider

The Sporting

The Enduring Challenge of Cheltenham Racecourse: Everything You Need to Know Cheltenham Racecourse has been testing the greatest horses and riders for over a century - but just what makes this racecourse so demanding? The Psychological Battle The challenges of Cheltenham are not solely physical.

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Gaining Athlete Buy-In – Ideas and Strategies for Successful Monitoring

First Beat

The key to any successful monitoring strategy in sports is having buy-in from the athletes. Strength and conditioning staff at one of Firstbeat’s customers emphasized that it’s all about building a culture within the building and getting your athletes to trust what you are asking them to do.

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Electrolytes: Essential Functions for Optimal Health

Designs for Health

An imbalance in these electrolytes can disrupt normal bodily functions and may lead to symptoms like headaches, fatigue, or even severe conditions. Even a loss of 1% body mass can potentially impact psychological functioning and activities like driving. Daily water losses also occur from respiration, urination, and bowel movements.

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Student Centered Learning Examples Using Technology

PLT4M

student at the University of New Mexico in the Health, Exercise, and Sports Science Department. Teachers who have strong emotional ties to sports are more likely to emphasize those sports in their PE curriculum (Ferry & Mcoughtry, 2013). National Strength and Conditioning Association. Source: Clayton, M., Martino, M.,

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Cool Stories and Zombie Ideas

Informed Practitioner in Sport

This is a scenario that seems to be especially prevalent within professional sport and the performance sciences in general. Finally, we have the group psychology behind the herd mentality that drives mass uptake once the idea has reached a critical level of momentum.

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Good coaching is the effective manipulation of task constraints, not just telling athletes how to perform

MSU

Assistant Professor and Coordinator of Sport Coaching and Leadership Online Programs. As I noted previously, any skill will be performed under a range of conditions in a game. Let’s explore some sport-specific uses of task constraints. Perhaps that’s why it’s the most popular sport in the world?