Monthly Archives: April 2011

Athletic Transferable Skills for Sport and Life Success!

Athletic transferable skills are skills learned through sports that can be applied to all areas of life — including the classroom and future careers (Sport Success 360).  Unfortunately, most young athletes never identify their athletic transferable skills, or they compartmentalize …

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Athletic Talent vs. Hard Work – What’s More Important for Sport Performance Success?

What’s more important when it comes to sports performance and success – to have an athlete with tons of raw talent, or an athlete with average skills but an insatiable yearning to be the best? (AHPS) At every level of …

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The Realities of College and Professional Sport Opportunities

As we gear up for summer sports, it is important to plan your child’s sports schedule by balancing a realistic perspective of the “big picture” versus the potential sport opportunities offered to your child. In some cases, parents are unaware …

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Shaping Sports Skills by Using Sport Science

Parents and coaches tune in —- if you want to help kids more quickly learn and master new sports skills, “shaping” may prove to be the answer (Sport Success 360).  Shaping is a conditioning technique first introduced by B.F. Skinner …

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Personality Styles, Athletic Potential, and Mental Toughness – Sports Leadership for Success

One question that I have regularly been asked over the years pertains to personality “types” and how they relate to athletic sports performance (Mind of Steel). Do athletes need to be “mean and intense” in order to play their best? …

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