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50 Athletes over 50 Teach us to Live a Strong, Healthy Life

The mindset and tactics employed by athletes over 50 that enable them to have sustained, active, and spectacular lives which shatter our societies ideas on aging. Stories from athletes gunning for world records, athletes with incredible comeback stories.
50 Athletes over 50 Teach us to Live a Strong, Healthy Life

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How many of sports records were performed by athletes who use steroids?

I just need the percentage of how much of the sports records were performed by athletes who take steroids.

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What are the highest paying sports careers excluding proffessional athletes?

And what sort of salary do they make? I’m from the UK, so UK related would be much more appreciated, any will be appreciated nonetheless.

I want a career in sports, just don’t know what to aim for, because all the fun ones like coaches, personal trainers etc are pretty lousy.

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Sports Nutrition for Endurance Athletes

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Endurance athletes regularly push their bodies to the limits with a strenuous training regimen that demands smart nutrition. In Sports Nutrition for Endurance Athletes, Ryan offers proven strategies for improved athletic performance with sport-specific guidelines for running, cycling, triathlon, swimming, adventure racing, and rowing. In-depth information is presented in an easy-to-read and accessible style, with individual chapters dedicated to each of … More >>

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5 comments - What do you think?  Posted by admin - March 22, 2010 at 10:53 am

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Ensuring Young Athletes Don’t Drop Out of Sports

Did you know that 75% of all young athletes drop out of sports by the time they are 13? They drop out because taking part in youth sports is no longer enjoyable for them.

What factors might prompt young athletes to drop out? First of all, they might be playing for the wrong reasons—because a parent or coach wants them to play. Ultimately, playing to make someone else happy doesn’t make the athlete happy.

Second, they may feel too much pressure to perform. When kids feel too much pressure, they often under-perform. Their confidence and happiness may sink.

Third, peers, parents and coaches may expect too much of young athletes—especially talented athletes. High expectations can undermine athletes’ confidence and happiness.

To ensure your young athletes continue to enjoy sports, make sure they’re playing because they want to play – for their own reasons. Provide many opportunities to compete in sports, but let your young athletes lead you. If all they want to do is play recreationally, let them do just that.

Don’t push them to try out for higher levels of competition if they’re mostly interested in playing for fun with friends. If you push them, your efforts may backfire and your kids may drop out of sports. Kids sometimes thrive when they can develop confidence at lower levels and progress at their own pace to high levels of competition.

In addition, don’t focus too much on winning. Winning may be fun for parents. But it’s not always what’s most fun for kids. Keep the long-term benefits of sports participation in mind. By taking part in athletics, kids learn important life skills such as sportsmanship, teamwork, and coping with adversity. They also stay fit and healthy.

Check your own motivations. Do you want your kids to play sports to win scholarships or to succeed in ways that you failed to succeed? Don’t assume your athletes have the same goals or motivations that you have about sports.

Be a good cheerleader. Be positive and supportive of your young athletes’ team and coaches. Find ways to help out the team. You can be a team parent or sign up to bring snacks, for example. While you’re being supportive, be sure to keep your own coaching to a minimum. Leave the coaching to the coach.

Award-winning parenting writer Lisa Cohn and Youth Sports Psychology expert Dr. Patrick Cohn are co-founders of The Ultimate Sports Parent. Pick up their free e-book, ?Ten Tips to Improve Confidence and Success in Young Athletes? by visiting http://www.youthsportspsychology.com


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Be the first to comment - What do you think?  Posted by admin - March 13, 2010 at 5:34 pm

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Learning How to Handle the Stresses of Athletes Through Sports Psychology

There are many of you have watched television and sports in particular. As you watch these sports programs you will notice that the athletes are only one part of the sports team. To make sure that these individuals are performing to their ultimate level there are numerous other people. These are the trainers and supporters. There are doctors and other people who are all involved in seeing that the athlete has all of the mental, emotional and physical stability that is needed for competitions. Sport psychology plays a part at these various sporting events.

Unlike other branches of psychology, sports psychology deals with the way in which athletes handle the stresses of sports. The psychologists and coaches can work together to bring the athlete’s performance level up to competition status. The information that a coach provides will help the psychologist draw a picture of the mental and behavioral patterns that an athlete displays before an event.

With this information the coach can develop a training routine that will utilize all of the athlete’s performance abilities. Knowing the mind set of the athlete will allow the coach to know what boundaries to set up. Sports psychology is therefore an invaluable tool for coaches as it lets them bring out the best in the athletes and teams who are under their supervision.

To be able to help their charges negotiate the minefield that competition sports becomes it helps if the coach has an understanding about sports psychology. They don’t have to be experts in this field but they should have the ability to see the emotional state that competitions can bring on athletes. The best way to see how sports psychology works is to look at how the various athletes perform in various competitions that last for long periods of time.

In these cases it will become apparent that some athletes are holding up to the strain that being in a sports competition can bring. These individuals are performing to their peak and their endurance level, concentration has not been broken even though they have been performing for some time. These athletes have had the benefit of a coach who has an understanding of sports psychology and how it can help their athletes. The ones who seem to be having trouble concentrating and completing their goals are the ones who have not been given the help of sports psychology.

As with all areas of psychology, sports psychology deals with people who are constantly involved with the participating aspect of sports. Therefore to help athletes gain the best possible advantage in their particular areas of sports it is best if there is someone who can help them by knowing just a little bit of sports psychology.

Muna wa Wanjiru is a web administrator and has been researching and reporting on internet marketing for years. For more information on sports psychology, visit his site at sports psychology


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Learning How to Handle the Stresses of Athletes Through Sports Psychology

There are many of you have watched television and sports in particular. As you watch these sports programs you will notice that the athletes are only one part of the sports team. To make sure that these individuals are performing to their ultimate level there are numerous other people. These are the trainers and supporters. There are doctors and other people who are all involved in seeing that the athlete has all of the mental, emotional and physical stability that is needed for competitions. Sport psychology plays a part at these various sporting events.

Unlike other branches of psychology, sports psychology deals with the way in which athletes handle the stresses of sports. The psychologists and coaches can work together to bring the athlete’s performance level up to competition status. The information that a coach provides will help the psychologist draw a picture of the mental and behavioral patterns that an athlete displays before an event.

With this information the coach can develop a training routine that will utilize all of the athlete’s performance abilities. Knowing the mind set of the athlete will allow the coach to know what boundaries to set up. Sports psychology is therefore an invaluable tool for coaches as it lets them bring out the best in the athletes and teams who are under their supervision.

To be able to help their charges negotiate the minefield that competition sports becomes it helps if the coach has an understanding about sports psychology. They don’t have to be experts in this field but they should have the ability to see the emotional state that competitions can bring on athletes. The best way to see how sports psychology works is to look at how the various athletes perform in various competitions that last for long periods of time.

In these cases it will become apparent that some athletes are holding up to the strain that being in a sports competition can bring. These individuals are performing to their peak and their endurance level, concentration has not been broken even though they have been performing for some time. These athletes have had the benefit of a coach who has an understanding of sports psychology and how it can help their athletes. The ones who seem to be having trouble concentrating and completing their goals are the ones who have not been given the help of sports psychology.

As with all areas of psychology, sports psychology deals with people who are constantly involved with the participating aspect of sports. Therefore to help athletes gain the best possible advantage in their particular areas of sports it is best if there is someone who can help them by knowing just a little bit of sports psychology.

Muna wa Wanjiru is a web administrator and has been researching and reporting on internet marketing for years. For more information on sports psychology, visit his site at sports psychology


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10 Best Athletes Who Are Bad Sports


Some athletes dominate in every aspect of their sport…except good sportsmanship. Check out this collection of death threats, sucker punch fights, and riots, to see for yourself. www.liquidgeneration.com

25 comments - What do you think?  Posted by admin - February 23, 2010 at 4:59 am

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Sports Illustrated Swimsuit: Athletes Wives

Watch this exclusive video with Jeff Garcia’s, Carmelo Anthony’s and Johnny Damon’s wives, posing for the SI Swimsuit 2008 photo shoot. For more photos and videos visit www.si.com/swimsuit

Be the first to comment - What do you think?  Posted by admin - February 19, 2010 at 3:14 am

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