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THE INS AND OUTS OF MOTIVATION

Latest News 9 Aug, 2010

For most, motivation reflects the drive to achieve. What most people are not aware of, however, is that motivation can be positive or negative. Positive motivation comes from within – the desire to achieve. Negative motivation comes from outside the person – the threat of… Read Article

CAN YOU IMAGINE – By Jeff Withers

Dance 6 Jun, 2010

Would I be right in assuming that every one of you have a vision – a vision of the dancer you believe is everything you could be? I expect you have dreamed and imagined what it would be like to be that dancer. However, have you ever really thought about it from the opposite direction? How… Read Article

SO WHAT’S STOPPING YOU

Dance 25 Mar, 2010

By Jeff Withers In the previous article we posed the question of how a performer can control the direction and intensity of their focus. Effectively unitising visualisation techniques is certainly a good starting point. However, just as a dream is a “pleasant run through”… Read Article

ARE YOU UTILISING ALL THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO YOU RIGHT NOW?

Dance 18 Feb, 2010

By Jeff Withers Heard of sports psychology? Of course you have. And you would know that its focus is on processes and strategies that deal with a performer’s “conscious” level of thinking – ie consciously seeking a change in physical behaviour, for example wo… Read Article