Have you ever wondered what makes someone a good athlete? Why do some people accomplish their goals; while other fail? What makes the difference? Researcher’s know believe that your mental toughness- or ‘grit’ as they call is plays the most important role then anything else for achieving your goals in Health, business and life. This is great news because you can not do much about your genes or predisposed characteristics but you can do a lot to develop your mental toughness. "Mental toughness" is a phrase that is commonly used in sports to describe the superior mental qualities of the competitor. ‘Most elite athletes report that at least 50% of superior athletic performance is the result of mental or psychological factors,’(14) and a ‘whopping 83% of coaches rate mental toughness as the most important set of psychological characteristics for determining competitive success.’ (15) Mental toughness is not only important in sports. Markus Gerber and colleagues found that adolescents with higher mental toughness are more resilient against stress and depression. (16) Chapter 6. Genius Hour Planning Stage Genius hour Proposal I am planning to study athletes. ‘Athletes’ is a hugely broad topic, but I have chosen 5 subjects to focus on what foods fuel the body best, the health benefits of prominent and intense training, VO2MAX, heart rate/capacity and genetic features needed for …show more content…
I want to have a range of sources giving the information as my questions have a lot of different answers. What may be an answer to one specialist may be a different answer to another one. I want to gather all the different answers. I have a lot of friends who are specialist with the topics so I will be doing interviews with them such as dietician, physio, elite athletes and elite athletes