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6 Tips for Managing Your Anxiety from Olympic Sports Psychologists

By Carolyn L. Todd — 2018

Because they know how to help you cope under pressure.

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Own the Arena: Getting Ahead, Making a Difference, and Succeeding as the Only One

From the former President and CEO of the United States Tennis Association—the first black woman and youngest person ever to hold the position—comes a behind-the-scenes look at the leadership skills involved in hosting the U.S.

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Eat Sweat Play: How Sport can Change our Lives

Why are women reluctant to play sports? What are the benefits for women playing sports? Eat Sweat Play answers these questions and more.

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The National Team (Updated and Expanded Edition): The Inside Story of the Women Who Changed Soccer

"The U.S. Women's National Soccer Team has won four World Cups and four Olympic gold medals, set record TV ratings, drawn massive crowds, earned huge revenues for FIFA and U.S. Soccer, and helped to redefine the place of women in sports.

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In the Dojo: A Guide to the Rituals and Etiquette of the Japanese Martial Arts

Beginning students in Japanese martial arts, such as karate, judo, aikido, iaido, kyudo, and kendo, learn that when they are in the dojo (the practice space), they must don their practice garb with ritual precision, address their teacher and senior students in a specific way, and follow certain...

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Youth Sports: Tips to Help Kids Handle the Pressure

Is your child feeling the pressures of a team or individual sport? Here are some tips on helping them handle the pressure.

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Parental Pressure in Sport

Small clip highlighting the role some parents play in youth athletics, sometimes, to the detriment of the game.

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Lakers’ Jesse Mermuys: Here’s What Happens When Parents Remove Pressure from the Sidelines

Los Angeles Lakers Assistant Coach Jesse Mermuys describes how young athletes already put so much pressure on themselves to perform; let’s not add to it.

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Parents Who Pressure Their Sports Kids

In “Mental Training Sessions with Doc,” Dr. Patrick Cohn answers your sports psychology and mental training questions about sports parents who pressure their kids.

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Do Athletes Face Unnecessary Parent Pressure?

Are you putting too much pressure on your children to get a sports scholarship? That kind of pressure on kids doesn’t work very well.

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Overbearing Parents Can Take the Fun Out of Sports

Youth sports is supposed to be for the kids, but all too often, the parents become part of the story for all the wrong reasons.

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