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Sports and sports psychology

Who does not love sports? Sports played at any level can teach us a lot about ourselves and about how to deal with performance stress, with ego, teamwork and match preparation. TalksforTeens brings the science of sports and sports psychology to life, as well as stories about our great athletes and what we can learn from them.

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How Exercise Can Make You Smarter

We all know that exercise is good for us. That it benefits our overall health and is an effective way to break up long hours of sitting to study and work.

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Training The Brain For Expertise

Training The Brain For Expertise

How can the brain be trained for ‘expertise’, meaning the growth of special skills and knowledge such a playing an instrument or excelling at a sport?

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Yin and Yang of Team Sports: Four reasons why competition is important for adolescent development.

Yin and Yang of Team Sports: Four reasons why competition is important for adolescent development.

There is nothing easy or simple about competition. Just the nature of it puts one person/one team against another

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Endurance training. Less is More.

Endurance training. Less is More.

Endurance athletes such as competitive long-distance runners, spend around 80% of their time on low intensity training

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How Exercise Can Make You Smarter

We all know that exercise is good for us. That it benefits our overall health and is an effective way to break up long hours of sitting to study and work.

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Teen Blogger The future of exercising is fun…and digital!

The future of exercising is fun…and digital!

After a year spent locked in our homes, we had to find new ways to stay active and to exercise, to keep ourselves healthy and not fall into that terrible quarantine depression.

20/01/22

Are Esports Eclipsing Sports? The Latest Trends

Are Esports Eclipsing Sports? The Latest Trends

Electronic sports or esports are a much bigger business than anyone outside the circle of serious gamers might think

4/11/21

Nature and Nurture. A winning combination Raducanu-style

Nature and Nurture. A winning combination Raducanu-style

“They’re my toughest critics and very, very hard to please, but I got them with this one,” said Raducanu about her parents, after winning the US Open.

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30/09/21

How to prepare for a marathon: It’s mind over matter

How to prepare for a marathon: It’s mind over matter

Running a marathon and all the preparation that goes into it needs a very determined mindset, according to Anna Kitchin, who has completed two London Marathons

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21/09/21

Can Girls Box? You Bet

Can Girls Box? You Bet

Women and girls have started to discover the great benefits of boxing and are taking to the ring in masses.

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21/09/21

Rhythmic Gymnastics: Former Bulgarian elite athlete thinks it should be more mainstream

Rhythmic Gymnastics: Former Bulgarian elite athlete thinks it should be more mainstream

At the age of 21, Monika Vedrichkova opened Anna’s Gymnastics Academy in London. Read about her experience and thoughts on the sport.

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20/09/21