Building Mental Toughness: Unlock Your Potential with Building Mental Toughness
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Tag: sports psychology
Washington Post: John F Murray is the Freud of Football
Washington Post: John F Murray is the Freud of Football “John F Murray is the Freud of Football”The Washington Post This article was originally published by the Washington Post and features insights from Dr. John F. Murray. It is archived here for educational purposes Washington Post – Feb 5, 2005 – Don Oldenb – Washington Post: John F Murray is the Freud of Football urg – Football Fans, Calling It as They Foresee It – John F.… Read the rest
Mental Training for Athletes to Elevate Focus and Performance
You can’t just show up to the gym once and expect to be strong. The same is true for your mind. Mental training is all about systematically practicing specific mental skills to sharpen your focus, build rock-solid confidence, and develop gritty resilience.… Read the rest
Performance Anxiety in Sports: Master Focus and Thrive Under Pressure
Performance anxiety is so much more than just getting the “pre-game jitters.” It’s a genuine, often debilitating, fear of failure that can completely sabotage an athlete’s hard-earned skills. It’s the force that turns productive, energizing nerves into a paralyzing distress that messes with both your mind and body right when you need them most.… Read the rest
Turn Setbacks Into Comebacks: A Guide to Failure in Sports
Losing a game isn’t just a loss. It’s one of the most critical parts of an athlete’s development. Real, meaningful progress kicks in when an athlete learns to see a setback not as a final judgment, but as a set of data points telling them exactly what to improve.… Read the rest
Mastering Motivation in Sport for Unlocking Peak Performance
What separates a good athlete from a truly great one? Physical talent gets you in the game, but the defining factor is almost always an invisible force: motivation. This isn’t just about getting hyped up before a big match. It’s the deep, underlying engine that powers an athlete through grueling 5 a.m.… Read the rest
Master Visualization and Sports: Mental Skills for Peak Performance
When we talk about visualization in sports, we’re not just talking about daydreaming or wishful thinking. This is a specific, powerful mental training tool where athletes intentionally create vivid, multi-sensory movies of success in their minds. It’s a structured form of mental rehearsal, and it’s designed to prime both the brain and body for peak performance, building rock-solid confidence before you even set foot on the field.… Read the rest
The Psychology of Sport Injury A Guide to Mental Recovery
I conducted my doctoral dissertation at the University of Florida on The psychology of sport injury. It is all about what happens in an athlete’s head after their body takes a hit. It’s the recognition that the unseen wound—the shock, the grief, the sudden loss of identity—can be just as painful and debilitating as any torn ligament or broken bone.… Read the rest