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Peak Performance: Mental Training Techniques of the World’s Greatest Athletes

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By Charles A. Garfield, Hal Zina Bennett — 1985

A leading sports psychologist and a veteran sports writer examine the new mental training techniques of Russian and Eastern European athletes and detail exercises that allow everyone to benefit from those techniques.

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Sport Psychology—Inside the Mind of Champion Athletes | Martin Hagger at TEDxPerth

Martin Hagger is Professor of Psychology at Curtin University. His areas of expertise are social, health, sport and exercise psychology. He is involved in numerous research projects nationally and internationally with a focus on motivation and behavior change.

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2013
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What Is Sports Psychology?

Sports psychologists investigate how participating in sports can improve health and well being. They also help athletes utilize psychology to improve their sports performance and mental well-being.

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Kendra Cherry
2021
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LKNA17: Building Enduring Success: The Power of Flow—Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

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Mihály Csíkszentmihályi
2017
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Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi—Flow

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi is one of the greatest living psychologists of our age. He earned his fame by defining and providing a detailed description of the FLOW state.

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Mihály Csíkszentmihályi
2010
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Flow: How to Be Totally in the 'Now' with Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi at Happiness & Its Causes 2017

Professor Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, one of the greatest psychologists of our time, pioneering researcher into optimal experience, or 'flow'.

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Mihály Csíkszentmihályi
2018
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Living in Flow—the Secret of Happiness with Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi at Happiness & Its Causes 2014

• What really makes us glad to be alive? • What are the inner experiences that make life worthwhile? • When do we experience ‘flow’ – a state of joy, creativity and total involvement? • What does the research show about the beneficial effects of ‘flow’ on our happiness and...

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Mihály Csíkszentmihályi
2014
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Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi: Flow, the Secret to Happiness

Mihaly Czikszentmihalyi asks, "What makes a life worth living?" Noting that money cannot make us happy, he looks to those who find pleasure and lasting satisfaction in activities that bring about a state of "flow."

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Mihály Csíkszentmihályi
2008
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