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| The Lady Terps won both the Big 10 regular season title and the conference tournament. |
The University of Maryland’s women’s basketball team is loaded with the talent. The coaching staff is exceptional. And the school’s athletic department invests in the facilities and support to create a winning environment.
Yet, when the Washington
Post’s Dan Steinberg spoke with players about the team’s success this year
many attributed their 32 win and 2 loss record to something beyond the ability
to make jump shots, rebound or play stingy defense.
For the past
two years, the Lady Terps have worked with a performance enhancement coach who
helps keeps the players’ minds in the right place.
Through team discussions and one-on-one sessions, the
Terps’ mental advisor helps each player sharpen their focus, achieve balance in
all aspects of their life and prepare themselves to perform on the court.
“It’s obviously helped us,” senior Laurin Mincy told
the Post’s Steinberg. “We got to a Final
Four last year, and we’re to a Sweet 16 now.
So I say keep it going.”
Although the article doesn’t specifically mention
the practice of hypnosis, I suspect stress management and positive
visualization are a core part of how the Terps prepare their minds for high
level competition.
Its how winning
franchises like the Seattle
Seahawks and Michael Jordan’s Chicago Bulls of the 1990s elevated their
physical performance.
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