Tag: sports psychology
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Sports Psychology in Judo: How Elite Athletes Prepare Mentally
Elite judo requires decision-making in 100–200 milliseconds — the window in which a throw entry must be initiated, a grip broken, or a counter-throw executed. At this speed, psychological readiness is not a soft skill or a supplement to technical training — it is a competitive requirement. The world’s top judoka work explicitly with sports…
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How Elite Judoka Prepare Mentally for Major Championships
The physical preparation for a World Championship is visible in competition footage — training load, technique quality, physical conditioning. The mental preparation is largely invisible, but research comparing medal winners with athletes eliminated in earlier rounds consistently identifies psychological differences that parallel the technical ones. A systematic review analyzing 17 studies and 721 judo athletes…