Saturday, July 18, 2009

Pursuit of Excellence

...the title of a great Sport Psychology book by Canadian, Terry Orlick. But that's not really what this post is about! The line caught my eye when I was reading over a study done by AthletesCan in 2004 of Canada's High Performance Athletes.

The article is an interesting read and makes me reflect on some of the things I've been thinking about lately. Why do sport? Why be an athlete? Why do some people push harder and go further than others? Is it worth it? I won't answer these here, but I have a few different phrases posted around my room that I read every day and one of them happens to be Pursuit of Excellence.

I was perusing the publications over at AthletesCan and came across the really interesting study from 2004 - Status of the High Performance Athlete Survey.

It's long, but looks like it's worth a good read sometime. If you don't read it, here are two interesting questions to ponder:

1. What is your motivation for athletic involvement?
2. What is do you see as your role in society as a high performance athlete?

It's worth thinking about. And when you've answered for yourself, you can see what Canada's athletes say!



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