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Plateaus: Practice Without Progress

By Maya Rathore — 2019

“It was a downward spiral for about three years. I just reached a natural point where I felt that I wasn’t going to see immediate results anymore and that was hard for me to accept. I did the same thing every single day for so long that I could just tell I was not improving.” -- Junior Alana Abeyta

Read on thecampanile.org

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Olympian Gracie Gold Gets Candid About Her Mental Health with Michelle Kwan | Thank You Notes

Michelle Kwan may be one of the best figure skaters of all time, but it’s her incredible resolve that made her such an inspiration to fellow skater Gracie Gold. In this video, Gracie tells Michelle: “You once estimated that you’ve fallen 131,000 times in your skating career.

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2020
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How Modern Work Pressure Distorts Our Identity | Burnout

In the first part of The National’s series Battling Burnout, Canadian author and workplace expert Rahaf Harfoush tells Andrew Chang that pressures in the modern workplace are distorting our identities by often placing success at work at the expense of mental and physical well-being.

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2019
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This Is Your Brain on Sports: Beating Blocks, Slumps and Performance Anxiety for Good!

This book introduces the breakthrough concept of STSD (Sport Traumatic Stress Disorder). Grand and Goldberg have discovered that STSDs are the cause of most significant performance problems.

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David Grand, Alan Goldberg
2025
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Playing in the Box: A Practical Guide for Helping Athletes Develop Their Mental Game

Athletes work hard in practice, putting in the time and the grind, but when it comes to game time, sometimes they miss the mark. They know they’re capable of more—and their coaches and trainers know it, too—but when the lights are on them, and the pressure rises, they often underperform.

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Pete Temple
2025
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Trust the Grind: How World-Class Athletes Got to the Top (Motivational Book for Teens, Gift for Teen Boys)

Sixteen athletes from eleven sports. Each chapter tells a different story, as each superstar shares the habit that helped them accomplish their goals and reach the pinnacle of their profession. Sports fanatic or not.

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Jeremy Bhandari
2020
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Little Girls in Pretty Boxes: The Making and Breaking of Elite Gymnasts and Figure Skaters

Welcome to the world of women’s gymnastics and figure skating—the real world that happens away from the cameras, at the training camps and in the private lives of these talented teenage competitors.

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Joan Ryan
2025
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Toxicity of Sport Culture on Athletes’ Mental Health | Hillary Cauthen | TEDxTexasStateUniversity

An emotional talk from personal story to professional experience with mental health of athletes. Examining the culture of sport and championship building and providing 3 steps to assist in improving athletes’ mental wellness. Dr.

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2019
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The Kennedy Forum: Michael Phelps and David Axelrod Discuss Mental Health

Michael Phelps discusses his struggle with mental health through his swimming career.

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Michael Phelps
2018
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The Life of Naomi Osaka

Since she first beat her childhood idol Serena Williams, being in the spotlight thrust her into depression. She just quit the French Open citing concerns over her mental health. This is the story of Naomi Osaka.

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Naomi Osaka
2021
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Avoiding and Treating Burnout in Sports

This video talks about Burnout in Sports. It shares what Burnout is, the 3 effects of Burnout and 5 ways to Avoid/Treat Burnout in Sports. These treatments are effective for youth and pro level sports.

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2017
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