Science
Dan Peterson and his blog Sports Are 80 Percent Mental: A Look Inside the Mind of the Athlete
Here are some representative posts: Winning Olympic Gold with Sport Science, Federer and Nadal Can See the Difference, See the Ball, Be the Ball—Vision and Sports, Does Practice Make Perfect?
Natalie Angier, Learning from a Muddy Muscle Master
Lessons on strength training and muscle from the master of excessive muscular activity, the male toadfish
Bryant Park Project, Do Top Athletes See the World Differently?
NPR show on vision and athletes
Gina Kolata, Is Stretching All It’s Cracked Up to Be?
Studies of stretching collide with conflicting goals for stretching—an update from two ongoing studies
David Edwards and colleagues. Intercollegiate soccer: Saliva cortisol and testosterone are elevated during competition, and testosterone is related to status and social connectedness with teammates
Abstract for a 2006 Physiology and Behavior article, looking at social status, athletic prowess, and hormone levels
Training
Gretchen Reynolds, Faster, Higher, Stronger: An Olympic Cyclist’s Level-Headed Advice
Christian Vande Velde provides training tips, including substituting interval training for hills through “power bursts”
Arianne Cohen, The Making of an Olympian
Triathlete Andy Potts tops his rivals through an “unorthodox, highly scientific training regimen”
Neuroanthropology 