Competition is a bigger stage for many athletes and that means bigger stakes. The bigger the stakes for athletes, the harder it is to keep emotions in check. Actors refer to this state of mind, that is, being able to perform during practice but stumbling during performance, as "stage
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Focus Under Pressure
Encourage Your Child Without Pressure
All sports parents want their children to succeed and play up to their potential. Parents get frustrated when they think kids do not perform up to their potential. As a sports parent, sometimes it is difficult to know how to encourage your kids to perform well. It's hard to know when you may be
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Crunch-Time Strategies
The best athletes in the world use pressure to their advantage and can perform their best in crunch time. However, even the best athletes in the world sometimes struggle with confidence and closing out a match. The athletes with the most confidence in crunch time and willing to lay it on the line,
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Coping with Distractions
Coping with distraction is a part of sports every athlete must learn. Top athletes have the ability to focus under pressure and cope with external distractions by using routines that help them stay tuned into the right performance cues. For example basketball players dealing with hecklers when
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Champion Athletes Focus Under Pressure
“One of the biggest differences between the top players and the good players is when they are under the gun, they see and hear less than anyone else,” said Helen Alfredson, LPGA Tour star. The top athletes simply are less distracted when they *need to* hit a good a shot, get a critical first down,
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