With the current trend in educational budget cuts it is imperative that schools are aware of ways to increase student success. A negative stigma has often been associated with being an athlete. The following study was designed to discover whether students participating in athletics tend to possess significantly different grade point averages, and unexcused absence rates, than their non-athlete ...

OBJECTIVE Athlete development and management encompass a complex interaction of biological, psychological, and social factors. Within elite sport, multidisciplinary sport science and medicine teams play an important role in achieving an optimal balance between preventing athlete ill-health and optimizing health and performance. The psychological aspects of athlete health and performance have ga...

UNLABELLED Analyses of elite competitive performance provide useful information for research and practical applications. PURPOSE Here the authors analyze performance times of cross-country skiers at international competitions (World Cup, World Championship, and Olympics) in classical and free styles of women's and men's distance and sprint events, each with a total of 410-569 athletes competi...

In this exploratory study, we examined hypothesized antecedents (basic psychological needs) and consequences (dispositional flow) of athlete engagement (AE); plus the extent to which AE mediated the relationship between basic needs and flow. Structural equation modeling with a sample of 201 elite Canadian athletes (60.20% female, mean age = 22.92 years) showed that needs satisfaction (particula...

Providing an athlete with the mental tools necessary to build, maintain or regain confidence can aid the athlete in achieving peak, or optimal performance. Many of the procedures and practices in mental training involve technology. This technology, ranges from digital video and audiotapes, to simulations and virtual reality. In this article the authors review the areas of sport efficacy and spo...