At the age of 21, Ph.D. candidate Dr. Cali Werner was diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder. She began a form of ...

Autumn Taylor, head women’s basketball athletic trainer, said that team support is one of the most crucial aspects of maintaining an injured athlete’s mental health. Vasconcelos said her teammates’ ...

In a sport measured by distance and time, it seems unlikely that one of the biggest challenges athletes would face is one ...

Watch any elite athlete in action and you’ll notice something beyond their physical prowess. There’s a stillness in their ...

A new athletic performance facility is giving local athletes and fitness enthusiasts a place to take their training to the ...

Luke Falk's book offers tips on the mental aspects of competition, while also including his own retrospectives on parenting ...

PRESSADVANTAGE – Ascension Sports Academy has announced that Coach Johnathan Edwards has been named Director of Girls Basketball for LabCity Select 3SSB, a move that reflects both organizations’ ...

Even the most elite endurance athletes can’t outrun biology. A new study finds that humans hit a metabolic ceiling at about 2.5 times their resting energy burn. When ultra-runners take on races that ...

Scientists are reporting the first compelling evidence in people that cognitive training can boost levels of a brain chemical that typically declines with age. A 10-week study of people 65 or older ...

British swimmer Adam Peaty took a break for mental health, rediscovering joy in sports. He returned with a focus on enjoying ...

A new study shows that cognitive training can increase the levels of a key chemical messenger in the brain responsible for ...

Emotional intelligence, resilience and self-regulation are today’s leadership currencies. It’s why top collegiate and professional athletes are recruited into competitive industries like finance and ...