KEVIN MCCALLUM: Some less than helpful advice SA’s Olympic athletes
Blitzboks may have taken some of the glib recommendations a little too seriously, it seems
26 July 2024 - 05:00
Near the bottom of the official Team SA site, there is an “Athlete Health Online Portal”. Two of the click-throughs take the athlete to the World Anti-Doping Agency and the SA Institute for Drug-Free Sport. The other is labelled “Mental Health”.
This is just the opening to another link that takes the athlete to what promises to be “Mental Tips for Great Performance”. There follows a series of motivational sayings and images put together by the Sascoc Sport Psychology Commission...
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