inside excellent life
Do not have afraid to dream big and do what you love
Do not have afraid to be committed at your best
Do not have afraid to lose but look at the next
Do not have afraid of you emotion but manage them
Do not have afraid of your opponents but know your weaknesses and strength
Do not have afraid of passing time but be patient, calm and focused
Do not have afraid to be anxious but use this energy to be a winner
Perseverance means
to be engaged with intensity and precision
after you are tired
to be intense and precise
The secret to perform at your best
is to forget about results
and concentrate on execution
Happiness lies in the full knowledge of our limitations
Are we sure we not only know the alibi that we give ourself to limit ourself?
Do we want to know our limits with no guarantee of success?
One limitation is to accept that we will never know our limits
Children as young as eight are being put off sport by the behaviour of their parents, according to a survey by the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and cricket charity Chance to Shine. Of the 1,002 eight to 16 year olds surveyed, 45% said the bad behaviour of parents made them feel like not wanting to take part in sport.
84% of parents of those children agreed that negative behaviour discouraged youngsters from participation.
In the survey, 41% of the children spoken to said their parents criticised their performance – 16% saying it happened frequently or all the time – with 58% of the parents believing there was more shouting from the sidelines compared to their childhood.
One child reported seeing a mother smash a car window after the opposition scored, another witnessed “a dad hit the ref for sending his kid off”, while one parent recalled police being called when two opposing parents started fighting.
Chance to Shine coaches are to begin a summer programme of lessons in playing sport in a sporting yet competitive manner to 350,000 children in more than 5,000 state schools as part of the MCC Spirit of Cricket campaign.
Coaching ambassador Kate Cross, who plays for England Women, said: “We want children to be competitive but there is a line that shouldn’t be crossed and that applies to children as well as to any pushy parents watching them.”
Source: BBC News
I find it interesting to publish in full the abstract of the article in which it was shown that in the treatment of depression, cognitive behavioral therapy associated with mindfulness produces results similar to those of the pharmacological therapy.
Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy compared with maintenance antidepressant treatment in the prevention of depressive relapse or recurrence (PREVENT): a randomised controlled trial
Summary
Background
Individuals with a history of recurrent depression have a high risk of repeated depressive relapse or recurrence. Maintenance antidepressants for at least 2 years is the current recommended treatment, but many individuals are interested in alternatives to medication. Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) has been shown to reduce risk of relapse or recurrence compared with usual care, but has not yet been compared with maintenance antidepressant treatment in a definitive trial. We aimed to see whether MBCT with support to taper or discontinue antidepressant treatment (MBCT-TS) was superior to maintenance antidepressants for prevention of depressive relapse or recurrence over 24 months.
Methods
In this single-blind, parallel, group randomised controlled trial (PREVENT), we recruited adult patients with three or more previous major depressive episodes and on a therapeutic dose of maintenance antidepressants, from primary care general practices in urban and rural settings in the UK. Participants were randomly assigned to either MBCT-TS or maintenance antidepressants (in a 1:1 ratio) with a computer-generated random number sequence with stratification by centre and symptomatic status. Participants were aware of treatment allocation and research assessors were masked to treatment allocation. The primary outcome was time to relapse or recurrence of depression, with patients followed up at five separate intervals during the 24-month study period. The primary analysis was based on the principle of intention to treat. The trial is registered with Current Controlled Trials, ISRCTN26666654.
Findings
Between March 23, 2010, and Oct 21, 2011, we assessed 2188 participants for eligibility and recruited 424 patients from 95 general practices. 212 patients were randomly assigned to MBCT-TS and 212 to maintenance antidepressants. The time to relapse or recurrence of depression did not differ between MBCT-TS and maintenance antidepressants over 24 months (hazard ratio 0·89, 95% CI 0·67–1·18; p=0·43), nor did the number of serious adverse events. Five adverse events were reported, including two deaths, in each of the MBCT-TS and maintenance antidepressants groups. No adverse events were attributable to the interventions or the trial.
Interpretation
We found no evidence that MBCT-TS is superior to maintenance antidepressant treatment for the prevention of depressive relapse in individuals at risk for depressive relapse or recurrence. Both treatments were associated with enduring positive outcomes in terms of relapse or recurrence, residual depressive symptoms, and quality of life.
Few days ago finding myself having to prepare a training course for expert coaches, I thought on what it could be more interesting for them. Having few time I have tried to think of a key concept that I could leave them and that it could be just to represent and retrieve not only a word but a way of organizing the training, a way of approaching the boys, a way to management training. The key word on which I chose to reflect is rhythm. Rhythm of the training is a prerequisite for a good performance.
The rhythm is an orderly succession according to a certain frequency of any form of movement that takes place over time.
What happens in the different categories if it fails the right rhythm?
For “piccoli amici” (first category in Italian football school) to perform appropriate movements but with a low frequency and a consequent increase in waiting time will result in confusion, loss of attention and ultimately less fun for the kids.
Losing the rhythm of the “pulcini” (second category in Italian football school) in a workout means finding a team bored or subjected to excessive physical stress, in the case where the frequency of movements should be higher than the sustainable age of the children. The result will be a consequent increase in the injury probability.
The “esordienti” (third category) have more awareness of their right rhythm. A non adequate and excessive rhythm training comes a lack of confidence in their own ability. If the rhythm is low and they feel themselves not engaged in the coach proposal, there will be a lack of confidence in the coach competences.
How to give rhythm to training:
If the coaches are successful in giving and keep the right rhythm, they will notice that the team members are dragged into the global movement, subordinating their own rhythm to the team, and often winning even fatigue. This situation in football will mean seeing many more children who manage independently their recovery and less that “belt shoes”.
“The child has the right to be trained at their own rhythm” (Art, 5 Children’s Rights Chart)
(by Daniela Sepio)
Evaluation and estimation in dance are really complex conscious and not conscious processes following these characteristics:
An estimation is based on a simple psychological rule, the human being is able to give an objective and exact evaluation of a certain subject.
A lot of different opinions were given about the problems of objectivity and subjectivity of measurement and evaluation. We are all very sure that objectivity of judging is quite hard to reach. The more the subject is general and not well defined, the harder is the objective evaluation. In such cases the estimation is quite subjective. A process of judging is always under the estimators attitudes’ influence.
Avoiding errors can be reached by some important steps:
The judges’ function, in addition to being sensitive to the undeniable psychological aspects involved, it’s even more difficult than that of athletes and coaches. Not enough to know perfectly the discipline, technical aspects and rules, you must know how to apply and recognize everything promptly and accurately.
The difficulties of the judgment provision are undoubted and also stem from the
psychological tension, the complexity of the race and the position of the Competition Judge: the place where the event occurs, or to assess the length of time of the valuation (also exceed 10 consecutive hours). All this can be addressed and managed through adequate training route which also includes mental training.
(by Daniela Sepio)
