KINE 4520 Lecture : May 2 Sport Psychology Intro 3 hr lecture. Competition, potential, success, performance.
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If very disciplined than can predict that will be okay but don"t know. 13 yr old runner setting records and then he lost and quit. 10 years later only 1 of the top. 15 ranked athletes for the 1500m in canada in 1977 made it to the olympics in 1987 (dave reid). One was consiglio (not very good when young but great when older). Video: the winner takes it all - each photo in video will be talked about later. There are 29 other teams that want to win the stanely cup but fans get upset when their team doesn"t win. Win to survive -- problems with substance abuse may occur with these athletes even though they weren"t before they were athletes because they are stressed out so they have the need. Charles darwin - it"s not the strongest the survive, it"s not the smartes that survive, it"s those that adapt to change.