Ways to build confidence as an athlete

Every athlete hits a slump in his/her career, because simply no one is perfect. Some people can bounce right back from a slump however there are some athletes that stay in a slump for a long time. There are all types of ways to build confidence as an athlete if things aren't going right. Most professional players and especially baseball players are very superstitious and if anyone follows baseball they know what I mean. For example if a hitter is in a bad slump they might change the way they wear their baseball pants, and another example that I'm not going to get into would be Jason Giambi that was pretty much all over sportscenter last year.
Some ways you could try to build confidence would be trying to focus on yourself and your team rather your opponent, and only thinking positive. Some professional athletes even fall back to seeing a sports psychologist using a technique called visualization or mental rehearsal which is a type of imagery(looking at pictures).
All athletes are different and have their own way to build confidence. Take Michael Jordan for example. He chewed a piece of gum before every game and sometimes during games, because he felt it built confidence. Another example would be Jaromir Jagr for people who follow hockey. Before the game he would visualize every play that he was going to make and for the most part it worked.
Another way to build confidence could be to look at the situation as starting with the glass half full. Think positively and be optimistic that you will play great next time you get on the field, court, ice, etc... And throughout the day just build that glass to full telling yourself you can "do it"

Why Chewing Tobacco Is Bad

Chewing tobacco is not a safe alternative typically because all forms of tobacco contains certain chemicals that cause cancer. A lot of people think that chewing tobacco is a way to help quitting smoking cigarettes, however what they dont know is that one pinch of chewing tobacco is equivalent to three and a half cigarettes of nicotene, however not as lethal. Some ways in which someone started chewing tobacco could be peer pressure, social pressure, nicotine addiction, or even behavior. There are many types of chewing tobacco such as Red Man, Skoal, Rooster, Red Seal, Grizzly, etc... While using all these types of chewing tobacco there are many types of risks that are associated with chewing tobacco.

• Pancreatic Cancer


• Oral Cancer


• Addiction to Nicotene


• Receding Gums


• Bone Loss Around Teeth


• Bad Breath


• Tooth Loss


• Stained Teeth

Ways to help yourself or help someone try to quit.

• Sundflower Seeds
• Nicotine Patch/gum
• Gum
• Mint Snuff
• "Cold Turkey" quit
• Education
  

Importance of Vitamin C

Some helpful advice that makes Vitamin C so important would be that helps slow down and prevent cell damage, maintains healthy body tissue, it's great For the immune system, and it
can help slow the duration of the common cold. Some problems that can result from not taking enough Vitamin C would be amenia, bleeding gums, infections, pour wound healing, cardiovascular disease, kidney stones, and cancer. Some foods that contain the most Vitamin C are green peppers, citrus fruits, strawberries, tomatoes, broccoli, and both sweet and white potatoes. If someone were to take over 2,000mg of Vitamin C this could result in being to much. Some results could be headaches, frequent urination, and nausea.

Vitamin C (mg/day)
LIFE STAGE MALES FEMALES

children 1-13 15-45 15-45
adolescents 14-18 75 65
adults 19+ 90 75
smokers 19+ 125 110

for more information:

• www.nutrition.gov
• www.eatright.org
• ask a phsycian