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Study Shows that Girls in Sports Develop Conflict-Resolution Skills

By Quinn Phillips — 2009

Most parents understand the importance of keeping their kids active in a time when childhood obesity is becoming a serious problem. But one University of Alberta researcher wants to go a step further and find out how sports also teach social skills.

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Sports Psychology for Performance Anxiety

If feelings of nervousness, anxiety or fear interfere with your sports performance, learning to use a few tips from sports psychology may help you get your anxiety under control and reduce game-day nerves.

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Elizabeth Quinn
2020
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What to Steal from 6 Olympians’ Pre-Game Rituals

We can’t think of many more pressure-filled moments in sports than being an Olympic athlete on the starting line. To be ready to perform at the highest level, and deal with the inevitable nerves, each athlete has to find his perfect pre-competition routine.

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Lily Ford
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Six Habits of the Athlete Mindset

What’s the X factor that makes the world’s greatest athletes great? Find out —and learn how to discover it within yourself.

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Nike Content Team
2020
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Meditation and Children, Part 5: Creative Visualization

Creative visualization goes by a number of names: creative imagination, visualization, visual imaging. Whatever the name, the process involves calling up images, sounds and/or feelings that calm the mind and body, and focus the attention on a specific task.

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Dr. Gail Gross
2016
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