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Dr. G's blog
WANT TO GO AS FAR AS POSSIBLE AS AN ATHLETE? THEN SURROUND YOURSELF WITH LIKE-MINDED, GO-FOR-IT PEOPLE
Submitted by Dr. G on Mon, 10/19/2009 - 12:38.Do you really want to become a champion? Do you really want to take your athletic talents as far as humanly possible?
POOR COACHING MASQUERADING AS "REVERSE PSYCHOLOGY"
Submitted by Dr. G on Sat, 10/17/2009 - 13:58.So here's the theory behind it: You as the coach regularly put down the athlete, convince them that YOU don't really believe that they can do something, and then they'll get so ticked off at you, that they'll go out of their way to prove you wrong!
WANT TO BE MENTALLY TOUGH? THEN, PRACTICE ETU - EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED
Submitted by Dr. G on Thu, 10/15/2009 - 13:55.There are so many things that can happen right before or during a competition than can emotionally push your buttons and completely throw you off your game. Your warm-up time gets unexpectedly cut short. You see someone you know who is really good playing for the other team.
DON'T LISTEN TO THE "NAY-SAYERS"
Submitted by Dr. G on Thu, 10/15/2009 - 12:27.I always find it fascinating that often, when a young athlete has a big dream and dedicates himself to pursuing it, so many of his "friends" come out of the woodwork to point out to him why what he's going after is impossible. "You're not big enough, strong enough, fast enough
THE UN-COACHABLE ATHLETE
Submitted by Dr. G on Tue, 10/06/2009 - 14:28."I DIDN'T do anything wrong, coach! That wasn't MY ball. Billy should'a covered that one!
A FABLE ABOUT BELIEFS AND LIMITS
Submitted by Dr. G on Tue, 10/06/2009 - 12:18.There is nothing you can't accomplish in this world. You have no handicaps. You have no limitations. Perhaps you may have to find your own unique way of doing things. It may take you three times longer than everyone else. You may have to work twice as hard. But, you have no limits!
"TOM BRADY SHOULD DECIDE IF HE WANTS TO TAKE HIS DRESS OFF OR JUST STAY A GIRL"
Submitted by Dr. G on Mon, 10/05/2009 - 09:37.So, this is the intelligent quote that came out of the mouth of one of the sports talking heads after the Pats beat the Ravens yesterday. Apparently a lot of people were extremely unhappy with a questionable personal foul called against a Raven's defensive player for hitting Tom Brady, the Patriot's quarterback at the knees early in the game.
ATHLETES AND EATING DISORDERS - A SILENT EPIDEMIC
Submitted by Dr. G on Thu, 10/01/2009 - 14:59.A colleague recently sent me the following article that was done in the Boston University Magazine on eating disorders. Many athletes struggle with these very serious and oftentimes hidden afflictions that if allowed to go on unchecked, can turn deadly.
THE PAINFUL ISSUE OF PLAYING TIME
Submitted by Dr. G on Thu, 10/01/2009 - 12:44.I recently got a distraught letter from a father of a high school freshman football player. Dad felt that his son was being unfairly treated as far as playing time went given his skill level and work ethic.
"DAD....MOM....I'M TERRIFIED THAT UNLESS I PERFORM WELL, YOU'LL BE DISAPPOINTED IN ME"
Submitted by Dr. G on Wed, 09/23/2009 - 09:01.As a regular part of my work with athletes, I see a tremendous amount of slumps, performance fears and blocks that cut across a variety of sports.
