Mental Skills Training in Sports: Enhancing Performance
Potential Problem Areas in Implementing Mental Training Programs
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- Overcoming player reluctance about participating in a mental training program
- Spending too little time with individual athletes in a team setting
- Gaining the trust of the athletes
- Making sure athletes systematically practice their skills
- Lacking knowledge about the specific sport or presenting problem
- Maintaining contact with athletes throughout a competitive season
- Getting full cooperation from the coaching staff or organization
Mental
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Training Load: Key Components
In training theory, load is defined as the total stimulus of motion carried on the body. The training load is the true basis of adaptation and the consequent increase in performance. It consists of five components:
- Intensity: The strictness of the training load, or performance defined as work per unit time. Intensity reflects the qualitative aspect of the load.
- Volume: The amount of work done during the training session. Training volume expresses the amount of work done,
Effective Communication: Verbal and Nonverbal Strategies
Theme 1: Communication
1.1. What is Communication?
Communication is a process whereby an individual (sender) sends a message to another person (receiver) using a code known to both through a channel, which is the vehicle of the message.
1.2. The Communication Process
Process:
- Stage 1: Preparation and coding: The message is properly designed by the sender using signs, whether linguistic, visual, tactile, or olfactory.
- Stage 2: Transmission: The message is sent encrypted to the receiver via the selected
Flexibility and Strength Training: Impact and Methods
Flexibility: A Key Component of Physical Fitness
Flexibility is a fundamental physical quality that is essential for any fitness plan. It is the ability to perform movements with maximum amplitude, involving either a specific body part or the entire body. The degree of flexibility a person possesses depends on:
- Muscle elasticity: The ability of the muscle to lengthen and shorten without deformation, returning to its original form.
- Joint mobility: The degree of movement each joint allows, which varies
Mastering the Jump: A Comprehensive Motor Skills Unit
Justification
We have proposed a teaching unit dedicated to the jump based on its importance as a basic motor skill. It is a domain practice and therefore it is considered necessary for proper development of motor skills in the individual. This teaching unit is designed for children aged 11-12 years (primary, tertiary, sixth form). At this age, children have learned to control their impulses and to comply with other requirements of order and disciplines both in training and in free games. The training
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Leisure and Well-being in the Elderly
The Ministry of Health projects that 15% of residents will be elderly by 2020. Currently, 7.8% of our population is elderly. While aging is inevitable, many ailments in the elderly are linked to a lack of exercise.
From age 50, and worsening after 70, some losses create a negative perception of aging, including loss of energy, cell loss, degenerative diseases, hearing or visual impairment, weakened bones, tendons, and ligaments, reduced reaction time, irritability,
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