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Fear of Injury in Sports

In sports getting injured is run of a mill. Many athletes during the play fear injury and re injury due to which players perform less than the potential they carry. After recovering from threatening injury the terror of getting injured and hit on the same spot prevails that adversely affects the performance of the players. In order to overcome this fear they must train in a way to overcome their vulnerabilities. Moreover they should focus on their supremacy and take its advantage in performance. Another problem which fear of injury leads to is “stress”. Stress causes distraction and players barely maintain their concentration in training.  When these athletes make a come back to the field after the recovery they find themselves in a strict competition. Here strikes another fear of getting dropped off the team due to low level of fitness. Which gives a rise to self doubt and reduces the amount of confidence. In addition players can be scared of the fact that they would not ac

OVERWORK AND FATIGUE IN SPORTS

Fatigue affects physical and mental health of a person. Fatigue is a very common terminology used in sporting world. Most of sportsmen feel fatigue illness and they find ways to get rid of it. Usually when a sports person is not able to perform or achieve his respective task or goal. He starts practicing beyond his endurance limit and later he still finds himself at the same spot. Now this thing actually makes him mentally disturb and alongside the strenuous hard work or gym will make him physically tired, and this is what fatigue is. Just like overcharging a battery attenuates the life of battery, in the very same way when a muscle is made to work beyond a limit then a person can fall prey to muscle tension/fatigue. The major cause of over-training is poor performance. Sports person experiencing fatigue are usually those who are self-motivated and don’t realize what is wrong with their techniques in short, they don’t analyze what’s wrong! They need is to follow a proper trainin