Sunday, September 23, 2012

Sports Injury and Team Psychology

Article:  When a Severe Injury Shakes a Team to Its Heart  Sports New York Times  Sunday September 23, 2012

Key Ideas:  When a sever injury happens to a sports team member, the entire team feels the impact.  The drive to press on, concern about the injured teammate, loss of focus, and worries of personal vulnerability and just some of the reactions.  The article includes a dramatic story of the psychological effects on a team member serving as a mold for a body cast for a injured and paralyzed teammate.  It was for that team member a "glimpse of a life he did not want to know."

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