Prepping for Performance

This just in from the Boston.com (the Boston Globe online):

Overcoming performance anxiety: get excited

Harvard study shows mind-body connection.

Happy Holidays!

Exercise and Memory

Yes, I do remember this tournament!

Just a brief news flash.

The number of news items about the positive effects of exercise (and, perhaps by extension, movement) on brain function has been growing.

Today the BBC News released this story:
Exercise 'significant role' in reducing risk of dementia, long-term study finds

Earlier this year, the New York Times online posted this piece: 
Getting a Brain Boost Through Exercise

Some days I feel much more mentally functional after I fence.
Except, of course, last night -- when I fell asleep on the couch after coaching!

Perhaps because I had stopped moving and was being a "coach potato"?

Well, you can try this experiment at home, courtesy of the PBS Kids program DragonflyTV:
Exercise and Memory

Feel free to post other links to this topic!