We can all think of great sports rivals: tennis players Andre Agassi and Pete Sampras, basketball players Magic Johnson and Larry Bird or swimmers Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte. These fierce, personal rivalries seem worlds apart from a hometown 5K race. Yet even local races often produce rivals who push each other to higher levels of performance, according to new research that surveyed runners and used data from 184 races. Rivalries are distinct from ...Sunday 6 July 2014
Personal Rivalry can Boost an Individual's Athletic Performance: Study
We can all think of great sports rivals: tennis players Andre Agassi and Pete Sampras, basketball players Magic Johnson and Larry Bird or swimmers Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte. These fierce, personal rivalries seem worlds apart from a hometown 5K race. Yet even local races often produce rivals who push each other to higher levels of performance, according to new research that surveyed runners and used data from 184 races. Rivalries are distinct from ...
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