mental muscle Archives | https://rollerderbyathletics.com/tag/mental-muscle/ Wed, 27 Nov 2019 02:22:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.9 https://i0.wp.com/rollerderbyathletics.com/wp-content/uploads/cropped-RDA-logo-square-512-1.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 mental muscle Archives | https://rollerderbyathletics.com/tag/mental-muscle/ 32 32 41369847 Steps Players Can Take Toward a Healthier Brain Safety Culture https://rollerderbyathletics.com/steps-players-can-take-toward-a-healther-brain-safety-culture/ https://rollerderbyathletics.com/steps-players-can-take-toward-a-healther-brain-safety-culture/#comments Wed, 06 Nov 2019 13:52:23 +0000 https://rollerderbyathletics.com/?p=48543 Hello and welcome to our newest contributor to the Roller Derby Athletics blog! Kaio-kensi (she/her) is one of the 2019 team captains of the New Skids on the Block of Montreal Roller Derby. She has a background in neuroscience, sport & community recreation program curriculum development, coaching, fitness, and risk management. She is a content […]

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]]> https://rollerderbyathletics.com/steps-players-can-take-toward-a-healther-brain-safety-culture/feed/ 1 48543 Mental Muscle: Talking To Yourself https://rollerderbyathletics.com/positive-self-talk/ https://rollerderbyathletics.com/positive-self-talk/#comments Tue, 04 Oct 2016 12:20:33 +0000 http://rollerderbyathletics.com/?p=11856 Your inner derby monologue: friend or foe?  Many of us struggle with that voice inside. Sometimes self-talk helps us a ton, and sometimes it can be a real jerk! Personally, I know this to be a big limitation for me in certain moments of the game. Rather than believing I can successfully execute the skill I […]

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]]> https://rollerderbyathletics.com/positive-self-talk/feed/ 6 11856 Mental Muscle: the Focus Funnel https://rollerderbyathletics.com/mental-focus-funnel/ https://rollerderbyathletics.com/mental-focus-funnel/#comments Tue, 27 Sep 2016 01:22:47 +0000 http://rollerderbyathletics.com/?p=11672 Roller derby demands tactical strategy, physical strength, explosive power, and quick reaction time. But to make all of that happen, you need your mental muscle working for you too! This week I’m pleased to have a fantastic guest expert on board to share her expertise on this essential piece of the mental side of roller derby. “Jess […]

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]]> https://rollerderbyathletics.com/mental-focus-funnel/feed/ 8 11672 Stop sucking. Start winning. https://rollerderbyathletics.com/stop-sucking-start-winning/ https://rollerderbyathletics.com/stop-sucking-start-winning/#comments Thu, 10 Jan 2013 03:41:39 +0000 http://www.rollerderbyathletics.com/?p=779 Derby players are quite possibly the most self-defeating group of people I’ve ever come across. We play a sport which most of us have been practicing for less than 10 years – sometimes as few as one or two years. So we often lack the facility and ease of athletes have who have been playing […]

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