Monthly Archives: June 2012

Successfully Dealing with Sports Adversity & Failure

Posted on June 25, 2012 by Dr. Chris Stankovich

Sport psychologists regularly advise athletes of the importance of developing resiliency skills (or mental toughness) in order to maximize athletic skills and successfully deal with sports adversity and failure.  In fact, there’s an old saying “It’s not how many times …

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Sports Parents, if You “Lose Your Cool” at Games Read This….

Posted on June 18, 2012 by Dr. Chris Stankovich

Sports parents are regularly challenged when it comes to keeping their emotions in check, especially during those times where a referee makes a bad call, or when it’s their child on the field making mistakes that they never make in …

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Get Your iphone Apps for Summer Sports!

Posted on June 13, 2012 by Dr. Chris Stankovich

With summer sports now underway, this is a great time for you to pick up your copy of one of our exciting Sport Performance Assessment apps for the iphone, ipad, and ipod.  Gauge your level of mental toughness by taking …

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Jerry Sandusky and his Defense of “Histrionic Personality Disorder”

Posted on June 12, 2012 by Dr. Chris Stankovich

The Jerry Sandusky – pedophile case is fully underway, and reports from the courtroom suggest that the defense may look to use histrionic personality disorder as the reason why Jerry craved attention from the young boys he is alleged to …

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Does it Make Sense to “Stack” a Team? Enter the Miami Heat

Posted on June 7, 2012 by Dr. Chris Stankovich

The Miami Heat are on the verge of being eliminated from the NBA playoffs by the Boston Celtics, prompting many fans and sport psychologists to examine the idea of “stacking” a team (Sport Success 360) – and how worthwhile it …

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