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In our series in developing athletes for the Pacific Games, this issue will take a look at psychological resources. How to pep up the mind so the body will perform at its best. These are some resources and if you want more resources in depth, please contact OSIC at osic@onoc.org.fj. 




Getting Psychological Resources for Competitions

Sport psychology: mental warm up for competition day
Get your head in the game on competition day.

Sport psychology- Inside the Mind of Champion Athletes: Martin Hagger at TEDxPerth.
At the highest level, athletes are well-matched in terms of their physical abilities, conditioning, and skill level. But often that is not enough to win and perform on the biggest of stages like the Olympic games. Developing strategies and techniques to get athletes minds in the best possible condition for optimal performance is increasingly important for sports teams and coaches.

Why athletes choke in competition.
Dr. Patrick Cohn, Master Mental Game Coach to Pro Athletes,
athletes, coaches, and sports parents understand why athletes choke in competition.

Using your brain for peak sports performance (Coach be aware).
Former Olympian turned acclaimed sports writer Matthew Syed talks Jon Snow through the psychology of the intense pressure of sport.

How to stop overthinking In sports.
Have coaches and parents told you to stop overthinking and you don't have a clue how to do it?.

Learn the psychology of competition from Olympic gold medalist Peter Vidmar.

Sport pscyhology: training the mind for competition.
An optimal psychologic state for peak athletic performance is strongly documented in the sport psychology literature. A wealth of peer-reviewed studies also strongly supports the role that mental skills training (MST) plays in the development of this state

Mia Hamm and the mental preparation for a historic Team USA Gold|Gold Medal Entrourage.
USA Women's football legend Mia Hamm describes the importance of mental preparation and Dr. Colleen Hacker during the Atlanta 1996 Olympic Games.
 
The training secret behind Cuba’s high jump legend| Arriba Cuba.
The incredible story of how current world record holder Javier Sotomayor and a team of Cuban psychologists trained in mental jumps.

Mental toughness latent profiles in endurance athletes.
 Mental toughness in endurance athletes, while an important factor for success, has been scarcely studied. An online survey was used to examine eight mental toughness factors in endurance athletes

Coaches' views of mental toughness and how it is built.
 The purpose of the present study was to explore coaches' perceptions of mental toughness attributes as well as the strategies used to build mental toughness.




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