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Jay Granat - EzineArticles.com Expert Author
Jay P. Granat, Ph.D. is a psychotherapist and the founder of He has written several books and developed several programs to help people perform to their fullest potential at sports, at work and at school. Dr. Granat, a former university professor, has appeared in The New York Times, Good Morning America, AP, ESPN, Golf Digest, The BBC and The CBC. His books include Zone Tennis and Get Into The Zone In Just One Minute. ... [More]
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- How to Help Your Child Play Better Basketball - One Simple Tip For Parents of Frustrated Athletes
[Recreation-and-Sports:Basketball] Is your child nervous at basketball games? Is he or she very self-critical? Are they frustrated, angry or upset because they are performing poorly? This one simple tip from a top sports psychology consultant can help you and your child.
- Hitting Tips, Batting Tips, Sports Psychology and Baseball - How to Break Out of a Hitting Slump
[Recreation-and-Sports:Baseball] Is your child great in the batting cage, but bad at the plate? Why do players with great swings get into a hitting slump? What can be done to break out of a hitting slump? Hitting is quite mental, once you master the swing. This article addresses the psychological aspects of hitting.
- How to Really Overcome Your Fear of Public Speaking - 16 Tips to Help You Speak With Confidence
[Writing-and-Speaking:Public-Speaking] Hate public speaking? Nervous about giving a speech? Use the same techniques that top athletes and entertainers use to perform their best.
- Sports Psychology For Bowlers - How to Avoid Choking and Bowl in the Zone
[Recreation-and-Sports:Bowling] How do amateur and professional bowlers use sports psychology and hypnosis to increase their scores and improve their performances? This article explains how being in the zone helps bowlers to perform to their fullest potential.
- How to Build Self-Confidence in a Young Athlete
[Recreation-and-Sports] Every day, I get calls from athletes who feel that they are lacking in self-confidence. I am currently working with a skier, a swimmer, a bowler, a tennis player, a pitcher, a second baseman, a golf pro and two soccer players. All of these people are trying to believe in themselves a bit more and trying to elevate their self-confidence.
- Sports Psychology For Bowlers - A Very Important Bowling Tip to Get You Bowling in the Zone
[Recreation-and-Sports:Bowling] What do you need to do to get comfortable when you step on the lanes? There is one issue which is very important for bowlers, but which is frequently overlooked. This article gives professional bowlers and recreational bowlers some good advice about the mental part of bowling.
- How to Help Your Child Manage Anger and Frustration in Sports and in Life - 12 Tips For Parents
[Home-and-Family:Parenting] What's the best way to help your child feel good and perform well at sports? What can parents and coaches do to help kids to manage their emotions and behaviors in a positive manner? How can parents teach kids to behave in a desirable manner on and off the athletic field?
- Sports Psychology and Hitting - How to Survive a Hitting Slump - Eight Simple Tips
[Recreation-and-Sports:Baseball] What's the best way to end a hitting slump? Why are you great in the cage, but bad during games? What can you do to master the psychological and mental aspects of hitting? This article offers tips, ideas and advice for players, coaches and parents.
- Bowling Tips and Sports Psychology - Your 300 Game is in the Palm of Your Hand
[Recreation-and-Sports:Bowling] When a bowler is out of the zone, his or hand just does not feel comfortable in the ball. Your hand may be tense. It may be sweating. It may feel weak. The ball can seem to heavy or too light.
- How to Be a Three Hundred Hitter - This Single Tip Can Turn Your Child Into an All Star in No Time
[Recreation-and-Sports:Baseball] Believe it or not this tip has nothing to do with grip, mechanics, balance, head position, weight transfer, open stance, closed stance, hitting to the opposite field, watching the ball, knowing the strike zone, hitting in the cage, bat speed, following through, or where your elbow is when you get into the box. This tip is a vital thing for parents, coaches and young players to understand and remember the night before the game, the day of the game, in the dugout, in the on deck circle and in the batter's box.
- How to Prevent a Hitting Slump - Eleven Baseball Hitting Tips For Players, Parents and Coaches
[Recreation-and-Sports:Baseball] Stuck in a batting slump? Great in the cage, but bad in the game? Want to prevent a hitting slump before in happens? This article gives you eleven simple tips for avoiding slumps and for getting into the right frame of mind at the plate.
- How to Add Twenty Nine Points to Your Bowling Average - 3 Tips For Bowling in the Zone
[Recreation-and-Sports:Bowling] Want to add points to your bowling average? Tired of leaving splits? Choking under league pressure? You can add a few more spares and a few more strikes to your game, if you follow these simple tips.
- How to Turn Your Young Child Into an Outstanding Tennis Player - Three Tips For Parents and Coaches
[Recreation-and-Sports:Tennis] Lots of young tennis players do not understand basic sports psychology and tennis strategy. This article outlines simple tips for parents, kids and coaches who play competitive tennis.
- Sports Psychology, The New York Yankees, And The Emotional Impact of Walk Off Wins
[Recreation-and-Sports:Baseball] Walk off wins can have a profound psychological and emotional impact on players, teams, fans, opponents and coaches. This article explains how these kinds of victories can affect a baseball team's season.
- Tennis Tips - How to Win on Grass
[Recreation-and-Sports:Tennis] This article contains fifteen simple tips for winning tennis matches played on grass. Players who play on surfaces other than grass need to adjust their physical and mental games to succeed on grass. These tips should be helpful for tennis players of all levels of expertise.
- How to Choose the Right Sports Doctor For Yourself Or For Your Youngster
[Recreation-and-Sports] Nine simple tips to help you to find the best doctor, professional or expert to avoid injuries, manage injuries, feel your best and perform your best. This article contains valuable information for parents, weekend warriors, high school athletes and professionals.
- Your Dog Can Teach You How to Manage Stress
[Self-Improvement:Stress-Management] Stress Out? Overwhelmed? Your dog can show you what you need to do to handle stress more effectively.
- How to Discover Your Inner Courage and Build Your Self Confidence
[Self-Improvement] What's the best way to get yourself ready take risks in your life? This article outlines some tips for developing your inner courage and your self-confidence.
- How to Get a Higher Score on the GMAT - Four Tips to Help You Get Into a Top Business School
[Reference-and-Education] The GMAT exam places a lot of stress on students. Here are a few tips to perform your best on test day.
- Love Golf? How to Qualify For the US Open - A Case Study
[Recreation-and-Sports:Golf] This time of the year, I get calls from many golfers who want to qualify for the US Open. Many of the golfers who reach out to me are club pros, teaching pros, college coaches and assistant professionals. For the most part, they are talented players, but only a few have the physical and the mental skills to succeed at this level. Remember,one bad shot or one bad hole can sometimes kill a great round.
- Golf, Hypnosis, Sports Psychology and a Cure For a Rivalry
[Recreation-and-Sports:Golf] Can hypnosis really help golfers to compete better? How can hypnosis be used to help a golfer beat a rival or a nemesis? This article describes a case study which should be on interest to pros, weekend warriors and hackers.
- Want to Lower Your Golf Score? Hypnotize Your Caddy
[Recreation-and-Sports:Golf] For many years, I have counseled golfers who play at various levels. My patients have included professionals, highly ranked amateurs, college players, high school golfers and warriors.
- Sports Psychology - Anger Management and Young Athletes
[Self-Improvement:Anger-Management] Angry outbursts can impact an athletes performance and well being. The loss of one's temper create unpleasant and dangerous situations on courts, fields and in gymnasiums. This article outlines some important questions and solutions related to anger management in sports. The article should be of interest to coaches and parents from a wide variety of sports.
- Sports Psychology and Hypnosis For All Athletes - What Should Your Mind Be on When You Compete?
[Self-Improvement:NLP-Hypnosis] How can you train your mind to focus when you play a sport? What should you be thinking about when you compete in your sport and you want to perform your best? This article offers suggestions on training your mind so you can perform your best.
- Why Do Athletes Use Steroids and What Can Be Done to End This Problem?
[Recreation-and-Sports] The baseball season is about to begin, and once again, steroid use is dominating the sports news in the print media and in the electronic media. I have counseled many athletes who have used steroids or performance enhancing substances and I have helped a number of them to end this destructive and illegal behavior.
- How to Help Your Child Overcome Their Fear of Playing Baseball - Eleven Tips to Perform Better
[Recreation-and-Sports:Baseball] Many youngsters are afraid to being hit by a baseball. This article includes eleven tips to help parents, kids and coaches to manage this fear and anxiety successfully.
- How to Stay Calm When You Hit a Golf Ball - A Case Study
[Recreation-and-Sports:Golf] Some years ago, a man came to talk to me about his trials and tribulations on the golf course. He desperately wanted to play better and was convinced that he was struggling with the mental aspects of the game.
- Sports Psychology - How to Build Self-Confidence - 4 Things Parents, Coaches and Athletes Must Know
[Recreation-and-Sports] To perform your best at sports, work or school, you need to believe in yourself and feel confident. Here are four things you need to understand to strengthen your self-confidence or to build the confidence of someone you care about.
- Sports Psychology For Swimmers - Mental Aspects of Swimming Faster
[Recreation-and-Sports:Swimming] How can sports psychology help swimmers? What should swimmers do to feel confident, focused, relaxed and ready before they hit the water? Can sports psychology make you faster in the pool? What can you learn from your swimming times?
- Basketball Tips - 7 Tips to Make You an Eighty Percent Free Throw Shooter
[Recreation-and-Sports:Basketball] I get calls all the time from basketball players who want to improve their foul shooting. Some of these players are kids. Some are college players and some are playing at the professional level.
- Sports Psychology and Gymnastics - Young, Female Athletes in Distress
[Recreation-and-Sports:Gymnastics] Elite gymnasts are under a great deal of pressure. This article outlines some of the main sources of stress which female gymnasts are likely to encounter.
- Golf Tips - How to Improve Your Putting in Just One Minute Without Buying a New Putter
[Recreation-and-Sports:Golf] Tired of choking on three foot putts? Sick of losing to golfers you can beat, because you can't putt? Do you have a garage full of putters which have never improved your putting?
- Law Firm Marketing - How to Expand Your Law Practice Without Seeing More Clients
[Legal] Want to increase your income with seeing more clients? Would you like to enhance your image and build your wealth without putting in more long hours? Want to get paid for sharing your information and expertise with the public? Want to improve your relationships with existing clients? Want to stand out from your competitors?
- Tennis Tips, Sports Psychology and Tennis - How to Have a Killer Serve
[Recreation-and-Sports:Tennis] Want have a powerful serve in tennis? Want to beat tennis players who beat you? A killer serve is what you need. And to have a big serve you need to understand the sports psychology involved in serving. This article shows you how you need to think to have big serve in tennis.
- Sports Psychology For Jockeys - How Can Sports Psychology Help Jockeys?
[Recreation-and-Sports:Horse-Racing] Jockeys are great athletes. Being a great jockey requires outstanding physical and psychological tools. This article outlines some of the common psychological, emotional and sociological issues which jockeys need to deal with and which often can be helped through counseling.
- Sports Psychology and Football - How to Be a Great Quarterback
[Recreation-and-Sports:Football] What does it take to be a great quarterback? This article outlines the physical and mental skills required to succeed at this position. This piece has helpful tips for parents, players and coaches. It describes a case history of a young quarterback.
- Sports Psychology - How to Prevent Burn Out in Young Athletes
[Recreation-and-Sports] Lots of talented athletes quit sports they excelled at and enjoyed. What can coaches and parents do to manage burn out in athletes? This article gives you some tips.
- How to Talk to Your Kids About Sports
[Home-and-Family:Parenting] What is the best way to communicate with your children about sports? A doctor who counsels athletes explains how he spoke to his own son about baseball. This article shows parents how they can be a supportive a positive force for their kids where sports are concerned.
- Suffer From Test Anxiety? Worried About the SATs, GMATs, LSATs Or MCATs?
[Health-and-Fitness:Anxiety] Do you or your child suffer from test anxiety? Do you worry about standardized tests? Do you get nervous the night before exam? Is your anxiety causing you to lost points on tests? Hoping for an academic scholarship? Do you freeze on exams? This article outlines some simple strategies for managing these kinds of feelings.
- Who Else Needs a Peak Performance Coach?
[Self-Improvement:Coaching] Want to perform better at work, sports, school? Lots of people benefit from working with the right coach. People who use coaches include the obvious and the not so obvious.
- How to Turn Your Four Year Old Child Into a Fine Hitter - Hitting Tips For Parents, Kids and Coaches
[Recreation-and-Sports:Baseball] What is the best way to get your youngster off to a good start at hitting a baseball. This article outlines some simple tips to get you and your child on the right path.
- Athletes With Learning Disabilities and Psychiatric Disorders
[Recreation-and-Sports] Parents, athletes and coaches need to be familiar with the signs and symptoms of both learning disorders and psychiatric illnesses. This article describes cases involving athletes with these conditions.
- Golf Tips - How to Get Out of a Sand Trap Like a Golf Pro
[Recreation-and-Sports:Golf] Some golfers hate being stuck in the sand. They get nervous, angry and frustrated when their ball lands in the sand. Here are fourteen tips to help you get out of the sand the way the pros do.
- Sports Psychology - Anger Management For Athletes
[Recreation-and-Sports] Why do some athletes snap? What can be done to prevent violence in sports. This article outlines a number of suggestions for helping parents, athletes and coaches to manage this pervasive problem.
- Is Mental Toughness Training Right For All Athletes?
[Recreation-and-Sports] A lot of athletes, coaches, therapists, parents and sport psychologists embrace the idea of mental toughness. Sports reporters, sports writers and the media like to talk about athletes who are mentally tough. There is no question that being mentally tough can sound like and good and useful concept for athletes.
- How to Hire the Right Advertising Agency, Public Relations Agency Or Marketing Consultant
[Business:Outsourcing] Much has been written about the finding and hiring the right consultants in the fields of marketing and marketing communications. There are many articles on this very subject on the web.
- Fifteen Ways to Improve Your Putting Before You Step on the Green
[Recreation-and-Sports:Golf] Over the years, I have coached and counseled many golfers on the psychological aspects of playing fine golf. Golf pros will tell you that putting and the short game are the keys to scoring well and winning on the professional tour. Putting and the short game are very important for the weekend player too.
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