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Ways To Help A Person Suffering From Hearing Loss The First Time

Ways To Help A Person Suffering From Hearing Loss The First Time

Suffering from a condition can indeed put a psychological strain on any person! Not only that, it can also have a severe effect on the person’s regular activity. Hearing loss is also something like that. It takes quite a while for the patient to adjust back to their regular lives.  Approximately 466 million people are globally affected by hearing loss cases, to everyone’s surprise; that’s 6.1% of the world’s entire population. Patients who first encounter this condition initially suffer from many things. But proper guidance can indeed bring them back on track.  Therefore, this article will give you the […]

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6 Benefits Of Learning Self-Defense Through Martial Arts

6 Benefits Of Learning Self-Defense Through Martial Arts

  There are many scientifically backed and proven benefits of learning Self-defense. Whether you learn self-defense through the sport of martial arts, through a martial arts resource, or through combat training in some other field, you will reap the benefits. Here are the 6 main benefits that learning self-defense can provide to you. Benefits of Learning Self Defense Self-defense will not only help prevent an attack on your life, but you might be surprised to learn that it comes with a wide range of other useful benefits as well. This is especially true when you learn to defend yourself […]

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How Martial Arts Help You Overcome Fears

How Martial Arts Help You Overcome Fears

Do you know how many times you missed an opportunity or haven’t done something because you were afraid? Fear, like limits, is something that only exists in your mind, and whether you recognize it or not, you are a bigger and stronger person than the things you fear. If you have been scared for a long time and want to stop letting the fear control you, why not just do it? In this article, we will show you how martial arts help you overcome your fears. Makes you stronger physically and mentally There is no doubt that your body […]

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Using Positive Self-Talk to Improve Performance

The human brain is the most complex organ in our bodies and arguably in all of creation. Learning to unlock its powers is the key to unlocking consistent high-level performance. When it comes to its relationship with athletic ability we must analyze its effect on human behavior. Research suggests that our behavior is formed from a complex interaction of three parts: our actions (what we do), our cognition (what we think), and our emotions (how we feel). Our actions are probably the most well understood part of this equation. It consists of the things we do that can be […]

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What is your WHY?

What is your WHY?

“Direction is more important than speed” The highest level performers in all walks of life have one specific thing in common – they have a WHY! This is true for CEO’s of Fortune 1000 companies, U.S Military Special Forces Operators, professional and Olympic athletes, and even A-list celebrities.   What does it mean to have a WHY? All of the people mentioned above are able to successfully compete at the absolute peak of their field because they have a clear and defined reason to do what they do. Their WHY gives them purpose, motivation, determination, discipline and constantly reminds […]

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Treatment Options for Low Back Pain in Athletes

Treatment Options for Low Back Pain in Athletes

source Walk into any random gym and try talking to a versed powerlifter. Chances are that they have, at one time or another, experienced low back issues, whether caused by a poorly performed lift or an old injury. Then talk to a tennis player, a runner, or a CrossFit athlete, and the vast majority of them will likely share similar stories with you. The lower back is perhaps somewhat of the modern human’s Achilles’ heel since it’s easy to get sprained, injured, or a disc ruptured. In such situations, the pain can become chronic and the athlete in question […]

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The Sports Psychology Strategy That Helped Me Become A Professional Athlete

The Sports Psychology Strategy That Helped Me Become A Professional Athlete

  What is success and how is measured? What does it mean to fail or succeed? Are failure and success based on end results or is it process oriented? These are important questions to consider as athletes, coaches, sports parents, and performance psychology professionals. I was freshman in High School when I first heard about the opportunity to play basketball for a college in a foreign country, thousands of miles away from my home in Boras, Sweden. At the time the idea felt so out of reach and so big that I did not want to dream about it. Fast-forwarding a few years, I […]

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Calm Your Nerves… Literally

Almost every athlete experiences nervousness and/or anxiety about their performance from time to time. What separates the elite athletes from everyday players is the ability to control and even use this nervous energy for their benefit. This, however, is not an easy task to accomplish. “CALM DOWN!” … We have all heard this from coaches, parents, and teammates before or during a performance where it is evident that anxiety has overtaken our control. But this is easier said than done. Anxiety has potentially detrimental physiological effects on the human body. These effects can easily inhibit athletes from achieving their […]

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Self-Efficacy and Sports Performance

Self-efficacy is defined as the belief in one’s ability to execute certain actions in order to achieve a specific outcome. This theory, proposed by Albert Bandura, plays a significant role for athletes and athletic performance. As coaches, if we can figure out how to nurture our athlete’s self-efficacy, then we can begin to help them unlock their full athletic potential. The question is, how do we build practice plans and teach in a way that builds this self-efficacy? Fortunately, there are several sources of self-efficacy and examples of how to incorporate them into your practices. Below I have listed […]

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Impact of Caffeine on Sports Performance

85 percent of the US population consumes caffeine every day in the form of coffee, tea, soft drinks, and energy drinks. Caffeine is a psychoactive drug that stimulates the brain, elevates your mood, and postpones fatigue. As is the case with any other ‘drug,’ you need to be careful about how much caffeine you take, especially if you are an athlete. Caffeine affects everyone differently depending on their size, weight, health condition, the amount taken, and whether or not the person is used to it. No matter how much you love a delicious cup of coffee in the morning or a […]

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