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Post date: Dec 17, 2014 4:29:13 PM
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Congratulations to Chisago Teams - both boys and girls varsity won!
I am a huge believer in positive thinking and visualization. Please try to stay positive and visualize yourself skiing well. I was just reminded of this in blurb in the January 2015 issue of Outside Magazine -- In a landmark 1967 study, Australian psychologist Alan Richardson chose three random groups of students. One group practiced basketball free throws daily for 20 days. Two other groups shot only on the first and last days. But one of the nonshooting groups spent 20 minutes per day carefully visualizing foul shots. At the end, the nonpracticers hadn't improved at all. No surprise. The hands-on practicers improved 24 percent. And the visualizers? They improved 23 percent, nearly as much as if they'd been hitting the court. Later studies on a variety of athletes reached similar conclusions. THE TAKEAWAY: Whether you're Lindsey Vonn or a midpack 5K runner, mental training will boost performance. Psychologist Steven Ungerleider recommends regularly sitting in a quiet, comfortable space and spending 20 minutes mentally walking through every step of your upcoming bike, run or ski before race day.
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