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My thoughts on LeBron James's all-time points-scoring record in the New York Daily News

Sports Psychology presentation at the US Equestrian Team Olympic Training Center

Sports Psychology presentation at the US Equestrian Team Olympic Training Center #sportspsychology #mentalskills #sportspsychologist...

Mental Preparation for Golf

With so much time in between actions to think about your last shot or worry about your next one, the mental pressure of playing golf is...

In the Media: Great Neck North hosts Mental Health and Wellness Week

The week kicked off with guest speaker Dr. Issac Zur, a sports and performance psychologist who helps elite athletes overcome pressure...

Sport Psychology workshop | Ski Butternut Race team

A workshop with young athletes from Ski Butternut Race Team in Massachusetts on peak performance and how to overcome pressure and anxiety...

My recent published article in Journal of Applied Sport Psychology

Don’t Make Me Angry! A Psycho-physiological Examination of the Anger–Performance Relationship in Intermediate and Elite Fencers. We aimed...

For coaches: principles for strengthening and maintaining players' concentration during a game

Game management is not an easy task, but a position that requires coaches to be focused on many factors at once, and to react to them in...

Parents and Sports

This article is for any parent with children in competitive sports; for any parent who is closely involved with their child’s world of...

The art of losing and remaining confident

From one week to the next and from one game to the next, sports clubs (the professional teams, parents, and players) live on an emotional...

ISAAC ZUR, Ph.D.