Category: Psychology
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Race for Gold: Olympic Trials-Swimming Nerves
A few of your favorite National Team athletes open up about the reality of dealing with nerves at the Olympic Trials.
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Don’t rush greatness
In their first Olympics, in Barcelona in 1992, Penny Heyns came 33rd and 34th in her events. In his Olympic debut in Beijing in 2008, Cameron van der Burgh did not make it out of the semi-finals. Ryk Neethling took fifth in the 1500m freestyle in Atlanta and Sydney, and eighth in the 400m freestyle…
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Training to Survive Deadly Waves – Red Bull Cape Fear 2015
Big wave surfing ain’t for the faint of heart, or breath for that matter. Mark Mathews shows us how the most elite big wave riders train themselves to bare with multi-wave hold downs, and the gnarly conditions that come with taking on giant waves that the surfers may face at Red Bull Cape Fear 2015:…
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#AgeChamps15 – Tips for Race Nerves
Some of the best swimmers in Australia give their number one tips to beat pre-race nerves ahead of the 2015 Georgina Hope Foundation Age National Championships in Sydney, Australia.
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Diana Nyad – Dare to Pursue | 2015 Convening Leaders
For ten years (1969-1979), Diana Nyad was known as the greatest long-distance swimmer in the world. In 1979, she stroked the then-longest swim in history, making the 102.5-mile journey from the island of Bimini (Bahamas) to Florida. At the age of 64, in her fifth and final attempt, Diana Nyad successfully fulfilled her lifelong dream…
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TED Talk: Why some people find exercise harder than others
Why do some people struggle more than others to keep off the pounds? Social psychologist Emily Balcetis shows research that addresses one of the many factors: Vision. In an informative talk, she shows how when it comes to fitness, some people quite literally see the world differently from others — and offers a surprisingly simple…
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Tom Daley – “It’s all about confronting fear” | Words of Olympians
Great Britain’s Tom Daley won bronze at the London 2012 summer games in the 10-metre men’s platform diving individual event. Since then his life has undergone massive changes both in and out of the pool. He explains the benefit of sports psychology as well as the sacrifices that come with training and being a famous…
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‘Like a Girl’ Campaign Hopes to Champion Girls’ Confidences
Always, maker of feminine products, has made a “Girl Power†commercial, directed by Lauren Greenfield, “Sundance Film Festival award-winning creator of The Queen of Versailles, according to AdAge.com. In the ad, Greenfield asks girls of all ages — and one young brother — what it means to do something “like a girl.†It’s interesting to…
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Swimming: the worst job in the sporting world
Read The Sydney Morning Herald It is actually pretty amazing there is not more former Olympic swimmers snorting coke and ice and Stilnox because if there is a sport tailor-made for producing sociopaths and depressives, it has got to be swimming. Imagine spending endless hours staring at the bottom of a pool, gulping chlorinated water,…