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Research & Commentary On The Impact Of Sports On Health
Back In The Pool
Swimmer Caroline Adams shares her story about she has been able to recover from bulimia.
Iowa Player Anxiety Refreshing, Sign Of Times
Detecting anxiety in athletes - a story that hopefully helps more coaches, players, parents and fans understand what it looks like and how to help.
Lose Better
Schools are creating policies to encourage students to get a therapist before transitioning to college. And you may never guess what these schools and therapists are recommending….
Move Over Medicine
A poll of male teens reveals promising and not so surprising insights about how to treat mental stress.
World No. 1 Credits Sports Psychologist
Iga Swiatek credits training her mind with her sports psychologist as a key to her major success.
Ohio State Coach Donates To Mental Health Research
Schools across the US are scrambling for funding and resources to address mental health crisis.
Colleges Actively Hiring Sports Psychologists
The latest psychology job trend - college sports. See which schools are hiring.
Moving, To Music
There’s a certain measure of musical camaraderie we all have from exercising to music….
Top 10 Sports Movies About Losing
FOX has its list, we have ours - the best 10 sports flicks about losing. No Raging Bull? No Hoosiers? See what makes the top 10 and why.
Anorexia Could Have Been Prevented
Athlete started dealing with anorexia in high school. Runner gives advise on what would have helped limit onset of the disease.
Pro Sports Teams Continue To Hire Psychologists
Sports psychology is a growing field - spurred at all levels of athletics, including pro sports. In this piece, we share recent examples from pro sports and details on how to learn more about the career.
6 Ways To Help Student Athletes Manage Mental Health
There is growing pressure on young athletes. Some of it stems from parents, some from coaches. Pressure to have success, pressure to succeed with hopes of getting scholarships. These pressures are creating mental stress and anxiety and forcing more teens out of sports they love…
Olympic Hereos
Noah Lyles, one of the most celebrated stars in American track and field, broke down into tears after winning the bronze medal in the men’s 200 meters at the Tokyo Games on Wednesday.
Losing Beats Winning: Social Service Model Uses Sports To Elevate Health For Refugee Community
In our 20-year study of parent and teen behavior, we have tracked the experiences and outcomes of 1,362 families from poorer inner cities to those in more affluent suburban communities. We uncovered the impact of decisions about youth sports, the value of sports to lower-income families, refugee communities, and the downside of sports when families use it in the wrong way.
Mental Health Takes Hit In Nutmeg State
Divine Edwards hasn’t played a down of football in nearly 3 years, sidelined two straight seasons after a reoccurring knee meniscus tear, and now, with Connecticut high school sports officials canceling fall football after an announcement on September 4th, an emotional Edwards is wondering what next.
Recognizing Eating Disorders In Your Young Athletes
Andy looked frail and he couldn’t find space on offense for a jumper. He had 22 in our last contest with #1 Plantsville, but that seemed impossible today.
NBA Scores With Love, Insurers Study Telehealth For Autism
Kevin Love, a power forward for the NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers, experienced a panic attack in the middle of a game and he wrote about it in his Player Tribune article. Love said he had a hard time figuring out how to talk about his inner struggles without showing "weakness".
Zero Splat Points...Is Not The Point
That’s the number of splat points I had in Orange Theory before Christmas, the lowest in the class, 15 worse than my bride and 25 worse than my daughter leading me to believe that managing my own care is exhausting, humiliating and undoubtedly hurting my status in the family.
Sports Program Targets Children With Autism
For children on the autism spectrum, learning a sport using applied behavioral analysis could be the most effective way to get exercise outside, unwind after a long week of school and therapies, and learn behaviors to have more success in and out of school. But many youth sports programs nationally focus largely on teaching to a wider-net of athletes, including those who are not on the spectrum.
Cut List: Leaving Sports Created Behavioral Spiral For 20%
In a study with 256 parents nationally from 22 states, we found that roughly 1 in 5 have had children who, after getting cut from their high school sports team and finding limited options in the school or town to replace their team sport, started dealing with depression, anxiety or other riskier behaviors such as substance abuse or an eating disorder.