Dr. Sanika Divekar emphasizes that mental fitness is as crucial as physical training for athletes striving for excellence. Mental training equips athl ...

Mental health is just as crucial as physical training for athletes aiming to perform their best. Competitive sports bring unique challenges, including intense pressure to succeed, constant ...

Additionally, when I ask them what they know about sports psychology or mental training, they typically say, “Not much.” Yet, when I ask athletes, coaches, and parents how important the mental ...

My work offers athletes easy-to-understand and practical tools, such as mental imagery, breathing, routines, and keywords, that can be incorporated readily into every part of your overall training ...

Athletes face a variety of mental health conditions including anxiety, depression, overtraining syndrome, traumatic stress disorders, eating disorders and sleep disorders.

Talking about mental health in sports is a reminder that athletes are more than just top physical performers Leeja Carter, associate professor of exercise psychology at Temple University and ...

Once considered only a physical phenomenon, new research suggests fatigue can arise from the brain. Many sports team now make efforts to reduce mental fatigue among their athletes.

People see college athletes hit home runs, score goals, and make baskets, but sometimes people can fail to recognize that they are more than just entertainment. College athletes are humans too. Mental ...

Elite athletes have begun speaking out about mental struggles they face in their sport, especially in relation to the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. Whether it be tennis start Naomi Osaka dropping out ...