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Being physically active and eating from the food groups are key to balancing your energy. Registered Dietitian Melissa Halas-Liang discusses the nutrition basics of the energy equation, while a personal trainer explains the importance of balancing the equation by using that energy. Discover:
Short-term and long term benefits of physical activity
Tips to be active each day
How to overcome common excuses
How to continue being active into adulthood
Includes brief interviews with teens about how they stay healthy through physical activity
Mental preparedness is vital to succeed as an athlete. To stay calm and remain focused on the task at hand athletes need to develop the mental strength to block out external distractions. This excellent program discusses with athletes, coaches and sports psychologists techniques that can be adopted to clear your mind and maintain concentration. We explore developing a belief system that gives you the confidence to believe you have the talent to win and focus on that and not on what may interrupt that from external distractions.
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Understanding the sports psychology effects of motivation, anxiety and arousal are essential for achieving high levels of performance in sport. This program examines the effects of repetitive training on motivation and the internal and external factors that can affect it. Sports psychologists and coaches discuss the effects of anxiety and the pressures both internal and external that athletes can feel. Athletes and their coaches also discuss physical and social stress and how to manage it and turn it to the athlete's advantage. This is a excellent must see program for athletes and coaches to enhance their performance and get a better understanding of positive and negative motivators.
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By Randall Wilber, Scott Riewald, William Moreau, Jay Kearney
Team USA had a very successful performance at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics. American athletes won 37 total medals, which set a new record for the Winter Olympic Games, a mark previously held by Germany (36 medals; Salt Lake City 2002). Included in the needed total for Team USA were nine gold, 15 silver, and 13 bronze medals, won over nine of the 14 sports in the games. Role of Sport Science and Sports Medicine in the Success of Team USA at the Vancouver Winter Olympics describes how the practical application of sport science and sports medicine contributed in part to the success of Team USA at this extraordinary event.
Many different factors influence our wellbeing. What we do and what we put in our bodies has a direct impact on the way we feel. A person's physical, social and cultural environments are all factors which may improve or hinder a person's lifestyle, as well as their family influences and peer groups. In Achieve a Healthy Lifestyle we investigate the three main aspects of health: physical, psychological and social. We also discuss physical activity, healthy food choice and appropriate decision making with regard to drug use and risk taking situations. It's all up to us as individuals. We are in control and can change anytime we want.
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Elite athletes employ simple strategies and techniques to improve performance. How better to gain an insight into these tried-and-tested methods, than to hear directly from the elite athletes and coaches themselves? This insightful program takes us trackside to the training grounds of eight sportspeople from around the world, who share their personal insights and stories of performance training. We learn how to plan an effective training schedule and discuss the importance of psychological preparation. We also discuss the risks involved in performance enhancing drugs, and the benefits that current advances in sports technology bring to athletic performance and measurement.
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The Sport Psychologist's Role at the Olympic Games: Mental Challenges for the Olympian reviews some of the issues related to the psychological component of the Olympic games. The DVD provides an overview of the mental skills training that Olympic athletes often require, including preparing them to respond appropriately to adversity. The DVD also offers the presenter's reflections and observations, from a sport psychologist's perspective, of the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Olympics: A different experience
Psychological assets of the Olympian
On being mentally "tough"
Elements of "flow"
Being a "resilient" athlete
Controlling the "controllables"
Prior to the Olympic Games
The sports psychologist's role at the Olympic Games
Reflections and observations: Beijing 2008
St. Vincent's sport & performance psychology services
The (4) presentations from the Special Event session at the 2009 ACSM annual meeting that review the impact that nutrition had on the athletes and some of their performances at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games are included on a single DVD. Almost an hour and a half of cutting-edge information and authoritative insights, featuring:
Introduction (Ronald J. Maughan)
Nutrition at the 2008 Beijing Olympics: The UK Perspective (Samantha J. Stear)
Nutrition at the 2008 Beijing Olympics: The US Perspective (Karen Daigle)
Nutrition at the 2008 Beijing Olympics: The Australian Experience (Louise M. Burke)
Sporting achievements often celebrate the talented individual or the triumphant team, but behind any significant success there is always a hard-working coach pulling it all together. What exactly does a coach do? This entertaining program investigates the role of a coach, and explores the reasons why some coaches are more effective than others.
Featuring expert advice and humorous demonstrations, the program examines controlling, cooperative and casual coaching styles, bad coaching, good coaching and finishes with a clear explanation of an effective training session. An engaging and revealing look at the all-important coach.
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Olympic Weightlifting Movements for Youth provides a well-organized introduction into teaching weightlifting movements for fitness and sports performance. The DVD offers a safe, sensible, technique-oriented approach to teaching fundamental Olympic movement progressions for children and teenagers. Each of the key factors involved in the various Olympic lifts are explained and demonstrated in detail.
Performing Olympic-Style Lifts presents a detailed overview of the basic fundamentals involved in properly performing the three Olympic lifts¡Xthe clean, the jerk, and the snatch. In an easy-to-understand and -follow style, the DVD explains and demonstrates step-by-step instructions for executing each specific lift. The DVD also discusses the key safety factors attendant to Olympic lifting. In addition, the DVD review how to perform several auxiliary lifts that can be done in conjunction with the Olympic lifts, including pulls, squats, and dead lifts.
Most children are fond of physical activities. This vibrancy usually lasts until primary five or six, when difference in character caused by environmental and individual factors starts to appear. Beginning from elementary exercise in lower primary school years, teachers may make use of creative teaching instruments or curricula to make physical education classes more interesting to pupils and give them a sense of accomplishment in taking the classes. External resources may also be deployed to open up the provision of alternative sport activities. In recent years, some sport associations have made efforts to tighten their ties with schools. As such, a variety of less common sports activities, such as jogging, rugby football and trampolining are now available in physical education classes. This episode explores introductory and training classes organized by archery and judo associations to see how they help students make sports part of their lives.
Hong Kong athletes did extremely well in asian games 2006 in Doha, with record-breaking achievements in many areas. While people believe that Hong Kong's sport development has reached international level, at the same time, a survey on the physical fitness of people in the city reveals that few people in Hong Kong are interested in any form of workouts at all, and not too many of them do bother with the development of sport culture in the city. So, what more can be said about sport development in the city?This episode of glamour of sports features interviews with local athletes, sports associations, business organizations, teachers and media workers to collect different views on the condition of sports development in Hong Kong, the constraint it is facing and ways to improve the situation.
Physical exercise provides enormous health benefits. In a bid to promote fitness citywide, a far-reaching and sustainable sport culture should be developed. Citizens of different age bands should be encouraged to take part in physical activities, which is not only good for both physical and psychological health, but also conducive to unity of the community. Aunt Yuen, now 80, has joined a weekly exercise programme designed for the elderly. Affected by yuen's determination, her friends have become aware of the importance of building fitness by doing physical exercise. Meanwhile, yuet-ling, a 12-year-old girl, aspires to represent her school with her partner chong-hei in a dancing competition. During her training, she has acquired interpersonal skills and realized the importance of sportsmanship.besides their participation in citywide sports activities, local associations of basketball, handball and soccer also organize regional competitions for residents of different ages. Outstanding players will be invited to join youth team that may represent Hong Kong in international tournaments. These types of regional sports activities can help enhance unity among residents. For example, cohesiveness among people from tai po is shown during the tai po football club's appearance in a division a football match.there is no age limit for doing exercise. Even for the aged people, if they will, they can still do some exercise. And Tai-Chi, supposedly for the aged, is equally suitable for children.
When an athlete represents his country or city to take part in an international event abroad, he or she has to adapt themselves to an ever changing environment. Ho Kim-Fai, the now retired rowing guru who won Hong Kong's first gold medal for the sport at east asian games 1993, recalls that she has accumulated valuable experience, either winning or losing, during her participation in numerous matches.it was ten years since cheung wai-leung snatched four gold medals for wheelchair fencing for himself and the Hong Kong team of which he was a member in the atlanta paralympic 1996. over the decade following the historical success, many elite athletes have left the team, while performance of rivals from China was picking up. Nevertheless, coach Zheng Zhao-Kang is still ambitious. He is preparing the team for the far east and south pacific games for the disabled, to be held in malaysia. Chan Yiu-Hoi has led Hong Kong's swimmers for 12 years. Now he still organizes night-and-day training schedules for swimmers, who are competing with their international counterparts over a margin of a few seconds. In december 2006, the team took part in the doha asian games. One of its members, rosanna sze, has joined the team for six years. Her dream is to play in the forthcoming Beijing Olympic 2008.
Despite of its cosmopolitan image, Hong Kong has always been regarded as a sport desert. However, back in 1950s, athletes from Hong Kong were serious contenders in global sport arena.in the heydays of football in 1950s in Hong Kong, there were many outstanding football players, notably ko po-keung. The south China vs kowloon motor bus co. Final was still one of the most fabulous matches in local football development. The Hong Kong team also took part in the first modica cup and won the champion. Over the past few decades, new progress has been made in the city's sports circle. Among winners in the asian games, olympiads and commonwealth games in the 1980s and 1990s were badminton player amy chan and bowling player catherine che. Indeed, in the late 1950s, before ping-pong was a national pastime in China, athletes from Hong Kong were frontrunners in this area. Home-grown world-class player tang hung-po teamed up with late rong guo-tuan and secured global championship. While life as an athlete is short, most sportspeople have to endure struggles and hardship during their rises and falls. This episode shows footages of achievements by athletes from Hong Kong. Although performances of local athletes are not impressive in general, it is not a hyperbole when lee lai-shan, the city's first olympic gold medallist in atlanta 1996, to proclaim that 'athletes from Hong Kong are not rubbish.'
Most people in Hong Kong are well informed of the benefits of physical exercise, but few of them have ever thought of doing some daily. According to dr julian chang, hon medical advisor of sports federation and olympic committee of Hong Kong, China, lack of exercise can cause certain illnesses. This episode talks about the benefit of physical exercise and the correct way to do it.a research conducted by the Hong Kong polytechnic university finds that old people who practice tai chi are less susceptible to falling. Ben wong, a tai chi trainer who has been practicing it for over 30 years, believes that the traditional chinese exercise programme can strengthen muscles of the legs, enabling one to walk with steady steps. After a discussion on physical benefits of exercise for the elderly, the episode proceeds with an interview with wong tsan, the spokesperson of a fencing school, who talks about how the sport can help children improve hand-eye coordination. Of course, one needs to know the correct way to do exercise in order to get the benefits from it. To that end, this episode also features a session on injury prevention.
Sport is a physical challenge but most competitions are won in the mind of the competitor. Sports psychology is a vital area in modern coaching and playing, whether as a team or individual. In this lively program we speak with world champion wheelchair athlete, Louise Sauvage, and renowned performance psychologist, and surf psychology pioneer, Richard Bennett. Their approaches to this cutting-edge area are explained and examined. Includes a comprehensive look at the role of the coach and coaching team, motivating the athlete, and mental rehearsal, imagery and simulation.
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Sportspeople, at any level, are always looking for ways to enhance their performance. This program provides a valuable overview of the many facets of performance enhancement. Australian middle distance runner Craig Mottram and UK 400m runner Iwan Thomas talk about their experiences at the elite level as the program discusses coaching, nutrition, psychological preparation, the use of technology and ergogenic aids.
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Teaching Olympic-Style Exercises presents a comprehensive overview of a unique approach for teaching Olympic-style exercises. In an easy-to-understand and apply style, the DVD explains and shows in a step-by-step manner how to teach a variety of Olympic-style exercises.
Teaching the Olympic Lifts presents a detailed sequence of exercises and drills for teaching the clean, jerk, and snatch exercises. The DVD features step-wise progressions that offer coaches the capacity to train athletes of various ability levels. Key points for ensuring proper execution of exercises are demonstrated, allowing coaches to confidently incorporate these explosive exercises into the training programs for their athletes.
Among the topics covered:
The importance of power development
Proper terminology as it relates to the Olympic lifts
This 25 minute syllabus specific programme, filmed at a leading PE Department, uses a number of practical examples to explore four key psychological theories and their application to learning sporting skills. The DVD is split into the following topics: social learning theory, operant conditioning, cognitive theory, schema and skills transition and exam advice and guidance.
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This 40 minute syllabus specific programme, filmed at a leading PE Department, offers examples from a range of sports to look at skill and ability, skill classification, training and practice and exam advice and guidance.
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An in-depth look at how skills are acquired by athletes; Discussions on the Definition of skill; the learning cycle of skill acquisition and what each stage means for the learner; A breakdown of the various characteristics of the learner, such as age, motivation, fitness levels, confidence, environmental factors and ability.
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Following on from Part 1, this program covers more on: The Learning Environment; Knowledge of Feedback, Knowledge of performance and Knowledge of results; Stages of Skill Acquisition; and the various Learning Curves. Features coaches from team sports and individual sports offering their practical perspectives.
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Learn the right way to eat and the correct way to exercise in this step-by-step guide to optimal fitness.
Learning Objectives:
1) To teach the student how to achieve his/her fitness goals.
2) To answer questions about exercise.
3) To illustrate the different types of exercise.
In every active sport, an athlete's ability to meet their energy requirements has a major impact on performance. Our working muscles get their energy from the breakdown of ATP. The anaerobic and aerobic energy systems provide energy for the resynthesis of ATP. This program explains these processes, and identifies the key features of the different energy systems. Various sports are used to illustrate the way the energy systems are used under different conditions.
Topics covered include: Where does energy come from? The ATP-CP energy system. The lactic acid system. The aerobic energy system. The interplay of energy systems.
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