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It can happen to the best of us !

          It's hard to imagine the pressures that our athletes feel and experience. Imagine that you have qualified for the Olympics, your dream and ambitions look like being realised, you put everything into the preparation, bringing yourself to the peak of physical and mental fitness, only to be told you'll have to wait another 12 months before you can compete in something you have been spending the last four years preparing for. Athletes from all sports have three "stressors" they have to deal with on an ongoing basis, they are, Competitive stressors - These come in many forms, injuries or the return of an injury is common, particularly as you near the event, you are prepared and ready, but in the back of your mind, that niggle, that strain or pulled muscle is niggling you and causing doubt. You're in front of a large crowd and you want to perform at your best for them as well as for yourself and your team, but if you have a bad day, the abuse you're sure t