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Unleashing the Power of Sports Psychology: 8 Powerful Benefits For Athletes

The Sporting

A Guide to Sports Psychology and 8 Important Benefits for Athletes Sports psychology has emerged as a vital field within the realm of athletics. With the guidance of sports psychologists, you can tap into your full potential, improve your focus and gain a competitive edge!

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Add Movement to the School Day to Boost Student Physical Activity and Learning

SHAPE America

It’s simply not enough movement, especially for kids who are less involved in extracurricular sports. As the American College of Sports Medicine puts it, Exercise is Medicine. Brain scans show that bouts of aerobic exercise enable students’ brains to activate and be more ready to learn.

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How Music Can Help Athletes Recover from Sports Injuries

AASP

<p>When athletes experience a sport-related injury, there is usually a predictable process they will experience during rehabilitation. Once this stage of recovery is complete, the athlete is then considered healthy enough to return to their sport. Let us dive into the neuroscience of sport injuries.</p>

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Having Trouble Sticking to Your Exercise Program? Stay Motivated With These 13 Exercise Adherence Strategies

AASP

<p>From AASP Members and Authors: Gabrielle Salvatore, MS, Sheila Alicea, PhD, CMPC, Cynthia Clarke, EdD, CMPC, and Michael Sachs, PhD, CMPC</p> <p>The benefits of exercise are well-known, but in order for people to reap the most benefits from exercise they need to adhere to a program.

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Being Your Own Best Teammate: How Self-Compassion Can Promote and Improve Body Image and Eating Concerns In Men

AASP

</p> <h4>The Role of Self-Compassion</h4> <p>Self-compassion is a psychological construct that involves treating oneself with the same kindness and understanding that one would offer to a friend during moments of struggle or failure. In a recent study by Cusack et al.

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Using Sport to Help Forge Resilience

Player Development Project

How can sport help build resilience in people? Senior Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Psychology at Staffordshire University, Dr. Martin Turner shares some examples of failure and success in sport from football, golf and tennis outlining the value of learning from these challenges as players and coaches.

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Keeping the Sparks Aflame: Preventing and Addressing Burnout in High School Student-Athletes

AASP

<p>Student-athletes continuously navigate physical, psychological, and social demands including balancing academics and athletics, while striving to meet both internal and external expectations. </p> <p>Long-term psychobiosocial demands of sport can generate maladaptive responses, such as overtraining.