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These articles are on the DecaturSports website:

• Team Building - Winner's Circle
• Positive Self Motivation
• "Teamsmanship" - Being the best Teammate possible
• Session: Building Competitive Toughness in Young Players - Speaker: Bill Beswick, Sports Psychologist for Manchester United at NSCAA  Convention, January 19, 2001
• Session: Winners are different - A Psychological Profile of Elite Players - Speaker: Bill Beswick at NSCAA Convention, January 18, 2001
• How to Acquire College Level Sports Skills and then ... present them to College Coaches by Bob Collins, Editor Student Athlete magazine
• How Can I enhance my chances of being selected for ODP or a club team or a school team? by Ken Gamble
• Keys to a Successful ODP Tryout - from the Kentucky ODP Website
• Soccer Psychology - Finding Common Ground During Communication - by Jason Vittrup
• Mia Hamm - The Best Role Model in Pro Sports
• Soccer Psychology - Empathic Listening - by Jason Vittrup
• The Ideal State - Learning to Play at Your Peak - by Jason Vittrup
• Power Talk - by Jason Vittrup
• Don't Quit (Motivational)
• I've Learned (Motivational)
• The 6 Things Parents Should Say to Their Player
• How to Get Accepted at the College of Your Choice and Get a Spot on the Team by Bob Collins, Editor Student Athlete magazine
• Providing Social Support - A Parent's Perspective
• Hustle Award Posters - Download and print out personalized "Hustle Award" posters with the Cleats Comic Strip Characters free for your hustling players
• Philosophy and Psychology of Coaching Soccer (Part 1 of 2) Understanding why children participate in soccer By Colleen Hacker
• Coaching Corner: Philosophy and Psychology of Coaching Soccer (Part 2 of 2)
  Help children enjoy the game
• Putting Players in a Position to Succeed - Lawrence Fine
• Being a Better TEAM Player by Lawrence Fine
• Trash Talking - It's Not Part of the Game!
• Dealing With the Potential Drop-Out
• Soccer Psychology - Do you want to win or have a winning team? by Jason Vittrup
• How Coaches Assess Players by Roby Stahl - from the Kentucky ODP Website
• 80 Ways to Say "Very Good"
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These articles are on other websites:

• Giving Your Players Confidence
• Eight Steps to Energizing a Lazy Team
• How to Win Friends and Influence Coaches at ODP Tryouts - a FIVE STAR ARTICLE by Bruce Brownlee
• Getting to the Turning Point: Self Motivation to Play the Game By Dan Minutillo
• 9 Critical Characteristics You Must Have to be a Successful Soccer Athlete!
• Aspects of a front-runner
• Building confidence
• Conditioning Secrets for High School Players and Coaches
• Aerobic conditioning tips
• Eight Steps to a Better Tryout Performance
• Enduring the 'dog days' of summer
• Training tips with Sasha Victorine
• Turning Tips
• Your Training Tips
• Self-Esteem, Sport and Physical Activity (Girls) by Peggy Edwards
• Soccer Psychology - Power Talk - by Jason Vittrup
• Sideline Rules of Conduct
• Soccer Psychology - Finding and Working on Individual Psychological Weaknesses - by Jason Vittrup.
• Soccer Psychology - The Ideal Performance State by Jason Vittrup
• Fun Times - How to integrate fun into your practices
• I've Learned (Poem)
• Helpful Hints (Before Game)
• "Tour Guide" A Fun Communications Game
• The Right Ways to Motivate #11
• The Right Ways to Motivate #2 
• The Right Ways to Motivate #5
• Motivational Quotes 

• Practice Tip - Establish Your Goals

• Practice Tip - Praise the Attempt
• Under- promise,  Over-deliver

• Coach Free's Motivational Links

• Lou Holt's Motivational Page

• Coach Gene Pitstick's Motivational Website - great!

• Vince Lombardi

• Inspiration Page

• Quotes to Inspire by Coach John Wooden

• Coach John Wooden Home Page

• Motivational Materials

• Family Inspirational Quotes

• Motivational Quotes

• Motivational Sayings

• Success and Sports Related Quotations

• AllCoach Sports Motivational Quotes

• Inspirational & Motivational Links

• The One Percent Solution

• Motivational Book List

• Dogpile Results for Motivation

• Quotes for Success

• Motivational Quote of the Day

• Zig Ziglar's Quotes to Inspire

• QuoteStop

• Sports-Quote. Com

• Inspirational Poems and Stories

• Motivational Moments
• Motivational Quotes for Wrestlers
• Motivating Moments
• Quips and Quotes
• Sports Quotes and Sayings
• Phil Callihan's Great Quotes Page
• Quotes for Master Athletes
• Bob Wood's Collection of Quotes
• Sports Quotations and Famous Sports Sayings
• Knute Rockne Quotation Page
• Great Quotes to Inspire
• At A Glance
• Dealing with Slumps Adapted from Chapter 14 of Winning the Mental Way by Karlene Sugarman, M.A.
• Visualization - A Brief Guide to In- and Out-of-Season Preparation by Rick Siekmann
• Relaxation - The Key to Enhanced Performance by Rick Siekmann
• Confidence Is A Choice
• Using Visualization for Confidence
• Having Fun To Enhance Confidence
• Motivation
• Prevent your Athletes from Dropping Out - Maintaining a Positive Team Environment by Dr. Richard K. Stratton
• You Can Take A Horse To Water...
• Motivation: Continuing to Participate / Drop-out by Dr. Richard K. Stratton
• The Mental Game Plan
• We Want What We Want
• Motivation for Fastpitch Softball
• Stepping into The Zone by Rick Siekmann
• Preparation - Bringing it With You to the Game by Rick Siekmann
• A True Story by Rick Siekmann
• Visualization - Imagine It!
• Self-Esteem by Barbara T. Waite, Ph. D.
• Self-Acceptance by Barbara T. Waite, Ph. D.
• Twelve Rules for Motivation
• Freedom To Trust
• A Good Cross
• As A Coach I Am ....
• Selecting Players
• You Know You're a Soccer Coach When ...
• Coaching Leadership
• The Michelle Akers Story
• Nel Fettig
• Class Act
• Muscle Memory
• Other Quotes from Coach Pitsick's Website
• Motivation of Young Athletes - Why Kids want to participate in sports by Dr. Richard K. Stratton
• Motivating Your Athletes and Yourself by Dr. Richard K. Stratton
• Guidelines for Setting Goals by Dr. Richard K. Stratton
• Goal Setting: The Concept by Dr. Richard K. Stratton
• Sports Psychology - extensive articles on the mental side of sports. A "FOUR SOFTBALL" site.
• Sports Psychology - articles are slanted toward tennis, but clearly applicable to any athlete
• Its How You Play the Game That Counts
• Self-Esteem, Sport and Physical Activity (Girls)
  by Peggy Edwards
• I've Learned (Poem)
• Dreaming and Achieving
• Dreaming Big
• If You Can Dream
• Growing and Dreaming
• I Have A Dream
• Hero
• Mallory Code
• Olympic Dreams
• Women Don't Play Hockey
• Dream Quotes
• Prayers
• Inspirational Stories
• Team Work Stories