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I was astounded by the great Kenenisa Bekele's statement after losing out to a Kenyan clean sweep today in the Edinburgh International cross country athletics race. "I am not in good shape," he said, in an interview with BBC Sport. "I arrived three days before the race and I could not train because of the snow. I missed two or three training sessions."

Every topic included in sport psychology can and should be taught to the athletes by their coaches. Is this true?

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Is mental toughness a resilient state of mind, or is a number of states - and about being in the right state at the right time? Mental Toughness is a concept that has been given a lot of attention in sport psychology in the last few years. It tends to be associated with some kind of ability to cope with pressure, or resiliency. It is something that athletes, coaches and commentators seem to recognise, but seems to be quite difficult to pin down.

Obesity's health effects are deep and vast-and they have a real and lasting impact on communities, on nations, and most importantly, on individuals, today and across future generations

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In 2006 adventurer and extreme endurance athlete Greg Kolodziejzyk shattered the world record for the greatest distance traveled by muscle power in a single day. Using a specialized recumbent bicycle he pedaled 647 miles in 24 hours!

Of all of the decisions parents face regarding their children's future, choosing between shoulder pads or running shoes for their Christmas present seems trivial. Well, according to Kevin Reilly, president of Atlas Sports Genetics, this is a decision you should not take lightly."If you wait until high school or college to find out if you have a good athlete on your hands, by then it will be too late," he said in a recent New York Times interview. "We need to identify these kids from 1 and up, so we can give the parents some guidelines on where to go from there."

We often take for granted all of the logic and skills that human athletes demonstrate every day. Our kids can easily surpass the performance of robots, even as young as 3 years old. But HOW we are able to do these tasks so easily?

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iStadia member Sam Kotadia, through his company Mindsport Ltd, has just released a range of sport psychology 'self-help' cards for athletes and students that will help you to keep mental strategies to hand at all times. We are delighted to be able to offer these through the iStadia Marketplace.

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Have you noticed that the role of sport psychologist is a little more complex than simply teaching mental skills? Or that the relationship you build with athletes and coaches is critical? And have you found that your work also features complicated,or even uncomfortable emotions - both yours and your clients? This highly experiential workshop will help you create and maintain more effective and influential working relationships.

ndividuals' motivations can directly influence their performance; this is especially true in the sporting world. Reversal Theory's "Eight Motivational States" provide the foundation for the AMSP, which; "provides a great way to help athletes and coaches understand themselves and use that knowledge to achieve their best performance under pressure." - Phil Moore, Sports Psychologist.

Per Aagaard of the Danish Institute of Sports Sciences and Clinical Biomechanics recently lectured at the High Performance Centre in Birmingham. The most interesting part of day involved his findings showing that tendon loading via targeted resistance training may enhance injury resilience.