Educator Guide: Mental Gymnastics

U.S. Olympian Simone Biles and other elite athletes are prioritizing mental health. Over the last decade, researchers have identified some tools to help competitors on and off the field.
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About this guide
In this guide, students will learn about psychological tools that are helping elite athletes in competitions and everyday life, analyze data visualizations and discuss how the psychological tools might be applied to students' own lives.
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Grappling with graphs and other data visualizations
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