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Mind Games: It's not easy being the gold-medal favourite
The spotlight of an Olympic Games can often create a glare so blinding that even the best athlete can lose sight of the true goal.
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Mind Games: Fear of failure — and success — is the great battle within
Elite athletes are like everyone, experiencing fear of both failure and success. Champions must have effective strategies to deal with both.
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Mind Games: Emotions can be an athlete's biggest betrayer
Mental skills allow athletes to manage competitive stress, block out distraction, elevate their confidence and implement effective goal-setting strategies. Collectively, this allows athletes to demonstrate nerves of steel in the grandest sports arena — the Olympic Games
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Mind Games: How do you know if an athlete is better suited to team or individual sports?
It's easy to assume introverts are better suited for individual sports, while extroverts are drawn to team sports. But it's not that simple, writes Dr. Nicole Forrester in the first instalment of her Mind Games series.