Psychology

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  My Philosophy

  “Exploring the outer edges of our capability is to live; not to is to let life pass by. To know one’s limits is to know oneself. What is small in…

  February 27, 2020

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  I want you to be a great athlete

  By Leo Isaac People often imagine that the life of any great athlete must be a joy to live but the truth is probably, that it is not. Sure, there…

  March 20, 2019

• Dealing with anxiety in Weightlifting

  For the athlete in Weightlifting, the final 2 weeks before a major competition is a difficult period in which athletes often have a tendency to conjure up all manner of…

  August 28, 2018

• Mental skills in Weightlifting

  It’s 4:00am, the day after an important local event and my mind is too active to sleep. I arrived home yesterday after a 14 hour day of coaching and organising…

  July 22, 2018

• Continuous Improvement in the Training of the Athlete

  From day 1 in the training process, an athlete learns how to train. Initially, this learning is fast but as the months and years go by, an athlete has fewer…

  September 12, 2017

• The causes of burnout in athletes

  I have formed a view, as a result of a lengthy career in Olympic Weightlifting, that the most difficult tasks of the coach are neither the instruction of Weightlifting technique, …

  April 17, 2017

• A coach’s plea

  To my athletes, I would like to take a moment of your time to explain how I might see things differently about training, your training. Last night was a designated ‘heavy’ session. I know…

  November 8, 2016

• The hardest step

  The journey of the athlete in Weightlifting from beginner to the qualifying standard for the national senior championship takes perhaps 3 years of goal driven, well organised, and consistent training. For…

  November 6, 2016

• The Inner Journey

  These days Weightlifting is fortunate to be well promoted via the Internet. There is an endless stream of videos and photos of people, of all levels, enjoying a moment of…

  November 8, 2015

• A comparison of different training scenarios on rate of improvement

  [MM_Access_Decision access=’false’] The purpose of this article is to illustrate how differences in the athlete’s commitment to training will effect their ultimate performance capability in the years ahead. In this…

  April 18, 2014