#elite-performance

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Manchester United
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 days ago

Carrick admits to anger in management after Manchester United's Newcastle defeat

Michael Carrick expressed anger after Manchester United's late 2-1 defeat to Newcastle, acknowledging that managing emotion is essential to coaching elite performers.
Bayern Munich
fromBavarian Football Works
2 days ago

Bayern Munich star Harry Kane even impressed himself with second goal in 4-1 victory over Atalanta

Harry Kane delivered an outstanding performance in Bayern Munich's 4-1 Champions League victory over Atalanta, with his spectacular second goal demonstrating elite-level skill and precision.
Toronto
fromJays Journal
6 days ago

MLB playoffs may have unlocked something for Blue Jays superstar

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. demonstrates elite performance across consecutive competitions, maintaining exceptional statistics through 2025 playoffs and 2026 World Baseball Classic while establishing himself as baseball's premier hitter.
fromDefector
1 week ago

Madison Booker's Game Punishes The Tryhard Defender | Defector

In basketball, rudeness is a two-pronged trait: It's being good enough to make a hard game look easy, but more than that, it's being good enough to make your opponent's hard work seem like a waste. It's strutting into a department store, knocking over a stack of neatly folded sweaters, and heading home. What you feel when you watch a defender stay in front of Booker, only for her to rise up and nail a midrange jumper over their head, is overwhelming pity.
Women
fromFortune
2 months ago

New study finds that late bloomers are more successful than child prodigies | Fortune

You may have a leg up on the child prodigies who made you feel inadequate as a school kid. Despite outliers like Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, a new analysis based on 19 studies involving 34,000 high achievers across multiple disciplines - including Nobel laureates, top chess players, Olympic champions, and elite musicians - found that individuals who achieved peak performance early in life were not always the same people to reach high success in adulthood.
Science
fromPsychology Today
5 months ago

How to Excel Without Paralyzing Pressure

Imagine this scenario: Nicola is an athlete who wants to go to the Olympics in 2028. She couldn't be more motivated and is optimizing her whole life around it. In all aspects of training, sleep, diet, and mindset, she's aiming to make every marginal improvement she can. But already, three years out, she's beginning to unravel. When she doesn't set a personal best each race, underperforming her expectations results in crushing depression, anxiety, and second-guessing her every move.
Mental health
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