Just wanted to change the pace a bit and make a shout-out to my friend and fellow sport science hardcore advocate, Coach Pio Solon.  I read his interview at philboxing.com with Ronnie Nathanielsz and was pleasantly surprised with his mention of sport psychology. He’s the force behind the stren...

Most sports are about the proper execution of bodily movement.  The irony here is that for athletes to optimally execute a particular sporting movement, they have to be relaxed during the actual movement (or in some sports like weightlifting, a split-second right before the action).  I say it’s iron...

It’s been a few weeks since the Dragon Boat brouhaha that has caused a lot of mudslinging from the dragon boat group and the POC/PSC. Here’s my take: I feel for the all the dragon boat people — from the paddlers all the way to the mussels that the paddlers ate before going on that...

I first encountered sport psychology as a senior in college.  I was wrapping up my undergraduate studies in psychology that time and was hoping that the school would offer a sport-related class so I could use my last elective on a topic that I was truly interested in.  When a friend of mine told me...