Back To The Beginning

It was just over three years ago that I wrote a short article called "The Sports Cognition Framework" for my squeaky new blog. It was one of the first five articles I had ever written and it shows. However, it captured the core of my passion and interest which is reflected in the name I chose for this blog, Sports Are 80 Percent Mental. Learning about the connections between skill, psyche, and tactics in sports remains my goal. Between that simple start and today's post (#185 for those scoring at home), I have wandered all across the spectrum of sports science, sports medicine, sports psychology and fitness research. Along the way, there was a weekly column for Livescience.com and a few dozen articles for Life's Little Mysteries. However, the focus of my writing has become blurred. In a quest to get freelance articles placed online and expand the readership of this blog, I've tried covering an ever-increasing universe of sports research. ...