Onderstaand artikel geeft een samenvatting van een onderzoek dat in het tweede kwartaal van 2014 is uitgevoerd door Johannes van Damme in opdracht van ‘Lectoraat Praktijkgerichte Sportwetenschap / Judo Topsport Noord’ in het kader van de opleiding Toegepaste Psychologie. Mentale weerbaarheid, de redder in nood?…
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In his new book, Tom Rath guides readers to improve upon three of life’s ingredients: eating, moving and sleeping. Tom Rath was 16 when he was diagnosed with von Hippel-Lindau disease, a rare genetic disorder that shuts off a powerful tumor-suppressing gene—so cancerous growths are…
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Through my 44 years of coaching basketball (at the high school and college levels), I came to believe that the lessons learned in athletics can be valuable for leaders in any organization. Among the many lessons athletics can teach about leadership, three stand out: setting an example,…
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The neuroscience of sports Sports are 90-per-cent mental (the other half, by former Major League Baseball great Yogi Berra’s math, being physical). You’d be hard-pressed to find a pro sports team or a Sochi-bound Olympian who doesn’t work on their mental game. What we know: Experience…
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