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How Athletes Can Cope With Getting Benched

By Patrick Cohn

When you are benched and forced to face adversity, you have a great opportunity to develop the skill of mental toughness.

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How to Deal With the Disappointment and Frustration of Being Injured

“There will be a struggle between the mind and body, between attending to the physical injury and maintaining identity by continuing to train.”

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Amanda Loudin
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How to Mentally Come Back from a Sports Injury

“We need to do a better job of addressing mental as well as physical aspects of athletic injuries,” sports psychologist Matthew Sacco, PhD, says.

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Cleveland Clinic Team
2020
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Athletes Share Their Mental Health Coping Strategies

Struggles with anxiety and depression can affect anyone—even the greatest performers in sports

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Brad Stulberg
2018
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Reducing Injury Risk in Youth Sports

“Injuries are often considered an inevitable part of sports. However, like other injuries, sports injuries are potentially preventable,” according to Dr. Terry A. Adirim, a sports medicine expert.

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Jane E. Brody
2018
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Why we need to take the spiritual aspect of sports more seriously

Understanding what’s truly important in sports, by getting guidance beyond wins and losses, is what can give sports power beyond the fields of play.

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Edward Hastings
2017
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Mentoring Athletes Makes for Better Team Leaders

Everyone wins when student-athletes act as mentors. They become better leaders. Such programs can be started as early as the elementary school years.

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Nancy Justis
2020
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Self-Discipline in Eating and Exercising

No one can force you to eat right and exercise, so you must use self-discipline to get up off the couch and throw away that bag of chips.

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Rob Harris
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How to Set Realistic Fitness Goals You’ll Actually Achieve, According to Top Trainers

Fitness goals are important on several counts. They hold us accountable, expand our definition of possible, and encourage us to push through temporary discomfort for longer-lasting change. But figuring out how to set fitness goals you’ll actually want to attain can be part art, part science.

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Jenny McCoy
2019
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5 Things That Stop You from Achieving Your Goals and How to Overcome Them

You are just a few small adjustments away from achieving your goals.

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Christel Price
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Fit for Happiness

Get fit, feel happy. Or is it the other way around?

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Paula Felps
2014
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