Prime Sport Alert! explores the psychological and team contributors to success in today’s highly competitive and demanding sports world. The goal of Prime Sport Alert! is to provide you with the deep insights, useful information, and practical tools you need to perform at your highest level consistently and achieve your goals.

Prime Sport Alert! is adopted from Dr. Taylor’s Prime Sport book series and drawn directly from his more than 29 years of work with professional, Olympic, collegiate, junior-elite, and age-group athletes and coaches in many sports, including tennis, golf, soccer, football, basketball, baseball, triathlon, running, swimming, cycling, ski racing, sailing, equestrian, lacrosse, squash, and fencing.

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Prime Sport Alert! Archive

1/08: Intro. to Prime Sport 5/08: Prime Sport Pyramid 9/08: Motivation to Succeed 1/09: Five Keys to Prime Confidence 5/09: Interview with Dr. Jim Taylor 9/09: Build Confidence-Part II 1/10: Find Your Prime Intensity 5/10: Psych-up Techniques 9/10: Focus Control 1/11: Overcoming Frustration 5/11: Become an Emotional Master 9/11: 5 Things I Hate to See Athletes Do 1/12: Psychology of Injury 5/12: Prime Training: It’s All about Quality 9/12: Developing Competitive Routines 1/13 Inside the Minds of the World’s Best Athletes 5/13: Threat vs. Challenge in Sports 9/13: Think Now, So You Don’t Have to Think Later 1/14: Results Matter, but to Get Them, Ignore Them 5/14: Mental Training Begins in the Gym 9/14: Why Sport Psych Doesn’t Respect 1/15: 3 Goals for Playing Your Best 7/15: Overcoming Performance Slumps 11/15: Fear of Failure: 4-Part Series

3/08: Prime Sport Attitude 7/08: Prime Sport Profiling 11/08: Importance of Confidence 3/09: The Making of a Champion 7/09: Build Confidence-Part I 11/09: Intensity in Sports 3/10: Psych-down Techniques 7/10: Understanding Focus 11/10: The Power of Emotions 3/11: Demystifying Sport Psychology 7/11: Get Ready for Your Big Event 11/11: 5 Tips for Quality Training 3/12: Competitive Lessons from the World’s Best 7/12: Why the World’s Best Athletes Use Routines 11/12: The Power of Mental Imagery 3/13: No Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda in Your Sport 7/13: Build a High Performing Team Culture 11/13: Three Steps to Athletic Success 3/14: 5 Lessons from an Athletic Prodigy 7/14: Pay Now or Pay Later 11/14: 3 Essential Mindsets for Athletic Success 4/15: 5 Reasons Athletes Don’t Do Mental Training 9/15: When Should Your Young Athlete Specialize?

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