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Sport psychology, peak performance and athletes’ mental health, with Jamie Shapiro, PhD

Speaking of Psychology

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What Are the Common Mental Blocks in Sport Psychology?

In gymnastics, the twist is a specific form of a mental block for twisting skills. In other sports, something very similar to that is called the yips. Sport psychologists can't be experts on all sports and need to learn more about them. When there's a flight or fight response, when we're stressed, our cerebellum kicks in. And so are there's just a disconnectn between the cerebrum and the cerebellum, as well as brain and body? So that's what's really going on, what i would say, and what i've seen.

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