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8 Ways to Improve Your Self-Talk for Better Performance

2024-05-01T14:32:46-05:00Athlete Wellness, Bullying Prevention, Respect & Accountability, TrueSport|

Kevin Chapman, PHD Licensed Clinical Psychologist, Founder Kentucky Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders How often do you consider what you're thinking, or tune in to how you're talking to yourself? Everything in our lives, and in particular, our sport performance, can be affected by our internal dialogue. Here, TrueSport [...]

10 Tips for Better Gut Health

2024-05-01T14:25:53-05:00Nutrition, Trending Topics, TrueSport|

KRISTEN ZIESMER, MS, RDN, CSSD, LDN Registered Dietitian, Founder Elite Nutrition & Performance If your athlete is struggling with gut issues, from constipation to bloating to diarrhea and everything in between, it can be overwhelming and stressful. There's a vast amount of conflicting advice, and what works for one person [...]

Beyond the Body: How the Brain Gets Involved in Sport

2024-05-01T14:24:11-05:00Athlete Wellness, Bullying Prevention, Respect & Accountability, TrueSport|

MICHELE LABOTZ, MD, FAAP Sports Medicine Physician, InterMed Sports Medicine Clinic You may be wondering to yourself: "What possible benefit can I get by understanding how brain chemistry relates to sport?" It matters more than you might think. A better understanding of brain chemistry may actually lead to improved outcomes [...]

REDs: The Role of Nutrition in Prevention

2024-02-05T10:21:55-06:00Nutrition, Trending Topics, TrueSport|

Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport—better known as REDs or RED-S—can be hard to diagnose, but essentially, it happens to athletes when they’re consistently expending more energy than they’re taking in. For both boys and girls, this can take a serious physical toll on their bodies, resulting in decreased performance and an increased [...]

What is Clean Sport and Why Does it Matter?

2024-01-03T10:29:43-06:00CleanSport, TrueSport|

Dr. Jennifer Royer, Senior Director of TrueSport and Awareness, USADA You may have heard the term ‘clean sport’ used in conversations about anti-doping, or around the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA). But do you really understand what clean sport means? It’s about so much more than just peeing in a [...]

8 Ways to Reduce Anxiety and Promote Sleep with Nutrition

2023-12-06T09:29:30-06:00Athlete Wellness, Mental Wellness, Nutrition, TrueSport|

TrueSport Expert Kristen Ziesmer If your athlete is struggling to fall asleep, stay asleep through the night, or is dealing with some mild feelings of anxiety, tweaking their nutrition habits can help. Here, TrueSport Expert Kristen Ziesmer, a registered dietitian and board-certified specialist in sports dietetics, offers a few simple [...]

How to Best Support Student-Athlete Mental Wellness and Why It Matters

2023-10-07T21:28:43-05:00Trending Topics, TrueSport|

More conversations are happening about the importance of mental wellness for student-athletes, and mental health is increasingly talked about in similar ways as physical health. But how are communities, schools, trainers, parents, coaches, and even the athletes themselves best able to support mental wellbeing within youth sport? It’s not an issue that [...]

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