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Drives and motives revealed in daydream themes
Drives and motives revealed in daydream themes
To help further in guiding you as you assess your daydream themes, this section of this chapter describes some of the basic theme categories that psychologists find most helpful. Whereas high nAff people need to feel and to foster increased, positive contact between themselves and others, high social nPow people want to be acclaimed by others for winning. In assessing your daydream images, try to get a feel for your own personal combination of motives.
Apply fundamental tactics for a successful match
Apply fundamental tactics for a successful match
During match play, the player has to be able to (a) recognize and evaluate the tactical plans of her opponent, and (b) analyze the impact of her own tactics on the match. You should concentrate primarily on playing your own game and not change your style dramatically to suit either the opponent or the court surface. Forced errors are the ones made by a player due to a forcing shot of the opponent.
Train the core for peak performance
Train the core for peak performance
The off-season and preseason phases of any sports training program are the most valuable times to prepare the body’s overall strength and fitness for the more specific training that will come as the season progresses. The off-season and preseason phases of a training program are the most valuable times to prepare the body’s overall strength and fitness for the more specific training that will come as the season progresses. As training progresses toward the in-season, core training should ...
Sport Speed
Sport Speed
Sport speed transfers straight-line speed into skills useable in your particular sport. When training for speed, spend more time on conditioning of speed as it relates to your sport. Sport-speed drills may be the same as straight-line drills but performed with less rest, or they may more closely resemble the movements specific to a particular sport.
Secrets to learning the breaststroke
Secrets to learning the breaststroke
We have minimized the importance of the kick in some of the strokes introduced to this point, but in strokes that use the breaststroke kick, the kick produces as much propulsion as the arms. Breaststroke Kick Drill 1. Inverted Breaststroke Kick In shallow water, place your back against the pool wall. Breaststroke Kick Drill 2. Inverted Breaststroke Kick Against Pressure Repeat breaststroke kick drill 1. Ask your instructor to stand in front of you and place one hand against the inside of ...
Wrestlers get in the zone before stepping on the mat
Wrestlers get in the zone before stepping on the mat
On that night a young, fast-talking heavyweight contender named Cassius Clay took on Sonny Liston, one of the most feared heavyweight champions in boxing history. When the fight started, Clay came out fast, firing his jabs and making Liston miss with wild swings. Liston surrendered between the sixth and seventh rounds, sitting on his stool--and Cassius Clay was the new heavyweight champion of the world.
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