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Profiles of dominance in physical education

The purpose of this study was to determine the dominance preferences of physical educators and the impact the profiles can have on pedagogical knowledge in the teaching/learning environment. Participants completed a self-assessment of dominant preferences survey in the areas of the brain hemisphere, eye, ear, hand and foot preference. Chi-square and cross-tab analysis were used

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Mind Games: How brain profiling could be Indian rugby’s best move

Naas Botha is certain he’d have little trouble picking between his best kickers in the side.   It’s not the recently-appointed head coach of the Indian rugby teams talking smug. With a double tap on the table we’re seated at in the KIIT hostel in Bhubaneswar, the former Springbok legend tells us it’s faith in

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Meanings affect the heart

SF questions and heart coherence Kees Blase (HeartMath Netherlands) and Mark McKergow (sfwork – The Centre for Solutions Focus at Work) Published in Solution Focused Management, edited by Günter Lueger and Hans-Peter Korn, Rainer Haupp Verlag (Vienna) 2006, pages 111-119. Keywords: Emotions, heart coherence, questions, physiological response, solutions focus Summary In Solution Focused work we

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Does laterality predict twist direction in Gymnastics?

Twisting and somersaulting make up the majority of gymnastics skills. Gymnasts decide at a very early age whether to turn to the left or to the right, and usually maintain this preference throughout their career (Arkaev and Suchilin, 2004). While it is generally accepted in the coaching literature that an athlete should maintain his or

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Born to be different

The Genetic Brain Organisation Profile of a candidate predetermines already at conception the innate hand-eye-ear-foot coordination and operational functioning under normal circumstances and predicted compensations needed during stress. Our Russian competitors in sport has known this secret for selection purposes for most of the last century and has illustrated again and again in highly competitive

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The Role of the Synaptic Gap in Learning and Stress

“The human brain is the most complicated object in the known universe!” Robert Winston   In last week’s article the development of dendrites around neurons was discussed with reference to the role of revision in the learning and growing situation. This week we will examine the body’s response to stress and its impact on learning.

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