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  2. Badminton - Wikipedia

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    Badminton offers a wide variety of basic strokes, and players require a high level of skill to perform all of them effectively. All strokes can be played either forehand or backhand . [ 22 ] A player's forehand side is the same side as their playing hand: for a right-handed player, the forehand side is their right side and the backhand side is ...

  3. Sport psychology - Wikipedia

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    For example, Division 47 of the APA is for exercise and sport psychology, not just one or the other, while organizations like AASP encompass both exercise and sport psychology. However, Division 47 also recognizes that it is important to distinguish between sport and exercise psychology, as any definition that encompasses both disciplines would ...

  4. Intellectual disability sport classification - Wikipedia

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    In 1983, this definitions was supplemented to include other variables including interpersonal and sensorimotor skills. [2] American Association of Intellectual and Development Disabilities (AAIDD) have one such system that is used in the United States. [1] The 2010 AAIDD definition is the basis for Virtus' classification eligibility.

  5. Mental toughness - Wikipedia

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    Mental toughness is a measure of individual psychological resilience and confidence that may predict success in sport, education, and in the workplace. [1] The concept emerged in the context of sports training and sports psychology, as one of a set of attributes that allow a person to become a better athlete and able to cope with difficult training and difficult competitive situations and ...

  6. Physical literacy - Wikipedia

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    To develop physical literacy children should learn fundamental movement skills and fundamental sport skills in each of the four basic environments: On the ground: as the basis for most games, sport, dance and physical activities; In the water: as the basis for all aquatic activities; On snow and ice: as the basis for all winter sliding activities

  7. Big Five personality traits - Wikipedia

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    For example, someone described as conscientious is more likely to be described as "always prepared" rather than "messy". These associations suggest five broad dimensions used in common language to describe the human personality, temperament , and psyche .

  8. Maslow's hierarchy of needs - Wikipedia

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    The most fundamental four layers of the pyramid contain what Maslow called "deficiency needs" or "d-needs": esteem, friendship and love, security, and physical needs. If these "deficiency needs" are not met – except for the most fundamental (physiological) need – there may not be a physical indication, but the individual will feel anxious ...

  9. Social cognition - Wikipedia

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    Social cognition came to prominence with the rise of cognitive psychology in the late 1960s and early 1970s and is now the dominant model and approach in mainstream social psychology. [10] Common to social cognition theories is the idea that information is represented in the brain as " cognitive elements " such as schemas , attributions , or ...