
Don’t blame the parents of the athletes, educate them!
Don’t blame the parents of the athletes, educate them!
The role of parents in sports is a key element for the subsequent development of children. They determine to a large extent how much support an athlete will have emotionally, how cooperative and receptive he will be towards his coach, how much effort he will put forth in every situation for his best possible performance. It is the...
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Το choose a club or a coach?
Children’s exercise, in any form, helps their development in the best way, either physically or psychologically and spiritually. It contributes to their physical health, ensures to a certain extent their energy/activity, cultivates elements of their later personality, educates and socializes the young “athletes”, creates the foundations for their mental balance and provides...
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Athletic Performance: The Role of Psychological & Mental Factors
Athletic Performance: The Role of Psychological & Mental Factors
Every person, in whatever area they are active in, develops elements that help them to adapt and evolve. For each field of activity the “necessary” elements-characteristics vary, depending on the requirements of the conditions.
In the sports environment, the adaptation and success of athletes depends on factors...
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Why young athletes quit sports?
70% of children give up sports by the age of 13! For every person who is active in the sports environment and affects children, the above percentage is or should be a source of concern.
There are, according to research, some key factors that “push” children out of sports. The common component of all factors is summed up in one sentence: “Kids stop when they don’t...
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Athletes and Cell Phone Use: There Are Concerns….
Athletes and Cell Phone Use: There Are Concerns….
Globally there are approximately 5.3 billion mobile phone users. In the age of smartphones, the mobile phone offers its user the ability to communicate, socialize, be entertained, search for information and improve productivity in any form of work.
At the same time, the “problematic” use of mobile phones is also mentioned, which is...
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Mental Resilience: A positive concept with a negative “origin”… ..
Mental Resilience: A positive concept with a negative “origin”… ..
Mental resilience is heard and is a positive concept for man. It refers to the ability or skill that the person develops to cope with difficulties, to manage negative emotions and unpleasant situations, to endure difficulties and not to be overwhelmed by adversity. He is the man who, as is often said, “does...
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Do you have a Game? Notice two Factors!
The requirements of competitive sports during the race or on the day of the race can be summed up in two words (!): Energy and concentration. Two concepts that interact and create the conditions for ideal performance.
The energy that the athlete is called to “bring out” in the game is the necessary element to achieve his goal. It refers to the athlete who is active, in mental and...
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