Motivation

Mental Toughness with Barbara Ann Cochran

March 11, 2011

Intro: A few years ago I had an SAT student who went to a private high school for young elite athletes–specifically skiers. I was so impressed at this student’s ability to turn on her competitive edge and mental tenacity that I couldn’t help but ask her how she did it. She referred me to Olympic [...]

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Mental Training Tips from an Olympian

March 10, 2011

This is one in a series of interviews with Olympic Gold Medalist Skier Barbara Ann Cochran. Not only is Barbara Ann a world class athlete, she now coaches young skiers and other athletes to be extraordinary competitors. I’m so excited to share with students Barbara Ann’s insight about the mental and psychological element of competition and [...]

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Negativity and Coping with Defeat

March 5, 2011

This is part of my series with Gold Medalist Olympian Barbara Ann Cochran on sports psychology tactics. We originally formatted these interviews to help students with the SAT and ACT, but we’ve edited them to be useful to everyone. In this article we’ll be looking at overcoming negativity and failure. Let’s jump right in.

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Gold Medalist Olympian on Great Competitors

March 5, 2011

If you didn’t test well in school, you may also be someone that freaks out on the tennis court or gets deeply nervous during an interview. In this continuation of my conversation with Olympic Gold Medalist and Coach Barbara Ann Cochran we’re going to look at what makes great competitors so darn good and learn [...]

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