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Winning Olympic Gold With Sport Science
Its something that every coach and every athlete of every sport is searching for... the EDGE. That one training tip, equipment improvement, mental preparation or tactical insight that will tip the game...
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Brains Over Brawn In Sports
Sometimes, during my daily browsing of the Web for news and interesting angles on the sport science world, I get lucky and hit a home run. I stumbled on this great May 2007 Wired article by Jennifer...
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Lifting The Fog Of Sports Concussions
As the puck was cleared to the other end of the ice, my 9-year old son's hockey teammates raced after it. Then, I saw him. He was lying motionless and face down at the blue line. He had slid headfirst...
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Getting Sport Science Out Of The Lab And Onto The Field
You are a coach, trying to juggle practice plans, meetings, game prep and player issues while trying to stay focused on the season's goals. At the end of another long day, you see this in your...
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Imagine Winning Gold In Beijing (What You See Tells A Lot About You)
Imagine winning a gold medal at the Beijing Olympics. No really, go ahead, close your eyes and visualize it. What did you see? Were you standing on the medal platform looking out at the crowd,...
View ArticleInside An Olympian's Brain
Michael Phelps, Nastia Liukin, Misty May-Treanor and Lin Dan are four Olympic athletes who have each spent most of their life learning the skills needed to reach the top of their respective sports,...
View ArticleStarbucks' Secret Sports Supplement
For an athlete, it seems to good to be true. A "sports supplement" that increases alertness, concentration, reaction time and focus while decreasing muscle fatigue or at least the perception of...
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Video Games Move From The Family Room To The Locker Room
It sounds like a sales job from a 12 year old; "Actually, Dad, this is not just another video game. Its a virtual, scenario-based microcosm of real world experiences that will enhance my...
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Putt With Your Brain - Part 1
If Mark Twain thinks golf is "a good walk spoiled", then putting must be a brief pause to make you reconsider ever walking again. With about 50% of our score being determined on the green, we are...
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Putt With Your Brain - Part 2
If there is a poster child sport for our favorite phrase, "Sports Are 80 Percent Mental", it must be golf. Maybe its the slow pace of play that gives us plenty of time to think between shots. Maybe its...
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Sports Psychology - The Returns Of Torres, Favre And Armstrong
Maybe its the fear of turning 40. Maybe its the feeling of unfinished business. Maybe its the fire in the belly that has not quite extinguished. For retired elite athletes, the itch is always there to...
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The Big Mo' - Psychological Momentum In Sports
A player can feel it during a game when they hit a game-changing home run or when they go 0 for 4 at the plate. A team can feel it when they come back from a deficit late in the game or when their lead...
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Baseball Brains - Pitching Into The World Series
With the MLB League Championship Series beginning this week, Twenty-six teams are wondering what it takes to reach the "final four" of baseball which leads to the World Series. The Red Sox, Rays,...
View ArticleBetter Golf Ball Design Helps You Play Better Golf
When it comes to improving your golf game, you can spend thousands of dollars buying the latest titanium-induced, PGA player-promoted golf clubs; taking private lessons from the local "I used to be on...
View ArticleThe Words Of NFL Draft Picks Provide Clues To Their Personality
Thankfully,the NFL Draft and all its hype is behind us. The matchmaking is complete but the guessing game begins as to which team picked the right combination of athletic skill, mental toughness and...
View ArticlePractice Or Genetics? Peter Vint On Youth Sports Development
Recently, while I was taking up my normal Saturday position on a youth soccer game sideline, I overheard a conversation between two parents as they watched the players warm-up. “I just love watching...
View ArticleDecision Theory In Basketball - Why Russell Westbrook Should Pass More To...
To reach the NBA Finals, Russell Westbrook of the Oklahoma City Thunder needs to pass more, especially to his teammate Kevin Durant. That would be the message that two researchers would send to Thunder...
View ArticleAngry Pitchers Retaliate More In The Heat
Last week, the Cubs made a rare visit to Fenway Park to face the Red Sox in a Major League Baseball inter-league series. Things got a little nasty when Sox pitcher Alfredo Aceves put a fastball into...
View ArticleResearchers Agree: Get That Old Brain Moving
There was a time when I could hide my gray hairs with some strategic combing. Now, I have succumbed and describe my new hair color as “executive blond.” Of course, that also means that the important...
View ArticleYou Are What You Think You Eat
The problem with your diet is not that you’ve been eating the wrong food, but rather you’ve been thinking about your food all wrong. According to Alia Crum, a clinical psychology researcher at Yale...
View ArticleHow Did The Athlete Cross The Road?
Just as struggling calculus students wonder if they will ever actually use their new proof-finding skills in real life, developing athletes may be curious if their endless practice drills will ever...
View ArticleFootball Concussion Researcher Captures Real-Time Data Of Player's Broken Neck
For the crowd watching an Illinois high school football game last fall, it was a sickening feeling watching one of their Unity High School cornerbacks collapse to the ground after delivering a...
View ArticleWhy Tiger Woods Has A Big Head
As Tiger Woods returns to action this weekend at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, mortal golfers wonder what's inside his head that makes him so much better than us. Well, chances are his brain...
View ArticleThe Secret Of Paul Scholes
An athlete’s level of greatness is often measured by the opinions of his or her peers while they’re playing and especially when they retire. Being recognized as one of the best by those who understand...
View ArticleHow To Live To Be 100, And Still Be Lazy
Stop eating all of that junk food. Why? So, you can live longer, of course. Get off the La-Z-Boy and go run five miles. Why?! So, you can enjoy your old age. No more drinking and smoking. Why?!!...
View ArticleSports Fans Are Smarter Than They Think
When was the last time you listened to a sporting event on the radio? If given a choice between watching the game on a big screen HD or turning on the AM radio, most of us would probably choose the...
View ArticleOhio State And Miami Football Scandals Highlight Coaching Research
Former Ohio State head football coach Jim Tressel seemed to be a role model for achieving on-field success with a high level of character. Two-time National Coach of the Year, Larry Coker and former...
View ArticleMoneyball Goes To Hollywood And Beyond
Most baseball general managers live in obscurity most of their careers. Its their first hire, the manager, that usually gets the red hot spotlight, after every win and loss, second-guessed by...
View ArticleResearch Shows Beer Runs Are Good For You
Here’s a question for your buddies at the next golf outing or bowling league night: Are we more active because we drink more or do we drink more because we’re more active? Recent research showed that...
View ArticleYour Pre-Exercise Heart Rate May Signal A Sudden Cardiac Attack
Many people exercise to improve the health of their hearts. Now, researchers have found a link between your heart rate just before and during exercise and your chances of a future heart attack. Just...
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