Peaksports Launches Hockey Psychology
Peak Performance Sports and Dr. Patrick Cohn launches http://www.hockey-psychology.com/ for players, coaches, and hockey parents. Hockey Psychology Tips helps junior to professional hockey players improve confidence, focus, composure, and boost mental toughness for practice and games. Dr. Patrick Cohn is a master mental game coach with over 20 year of experience helping athletes and teams succeed using sports psychology strategies. Peak Performance... [Read More...]
Peaksports Launches Baseball Mental Game
October 12, 2009–Orlando, FL. Dr. Patrick Cohn, sports psychology expert and owner of Peak Performance Sports launched a new baseball web site to help players, coaches, and sports parents improve mental toughness in baseball. Visitors can read mental game of baseball articles, watch baseball psychology videos, and download a free report to enhance mental toughness in baseball. Visit Dr. Cohn’s Baseball Mental Game Tips to improve your... [Read More...]
Melanie Oudin’s Secret Weapon: Mental Toughness
Is 17-year-old Melanie Oudin the real deal? Most experts, such as Brad Gilbert think so. Read on to discover her biggest weapon… If you have seen Melanie Oudin’s remarkable 3-set wins, you have witnessed her big-time comebacks against top players in the world. How is she’s pulling out those matches come-from-behind victories? Is she that talented or skilled? Or is it sheer grit and determination? To beat the top players, it’s all of... [Read More...]
Tennis Mind Games: Early US Open Exits, Is This Mental or Physical?
Have you watched the action at the U.S. Open? A lot of surprises this year. We’ve seen some early exits by top seeded players…Are these early exits caused by a poor mental game or physical game? For example, Ana Ivanovic lost to Kateryna Bondarenko of Ukraine in the opening round of the US Open. In this case, her first round exit was caused by a poor mental game, as she confessed… “I think I’ve been thinking about everything... [Read More...]
Even Roger Federer Loses His Focus
Roger Federer demoralized Novak Djokovic at the Cincinnati Masters Tournament recently winning easily 6-1, 7-5. “It looks convincing, 6-1, 7-5, but a few points here or there, your focus is not right on break point, maybe you are the better man, but you end up losing because you lost focus on the biggest points,” Federer said. “That’s why you’ve always got to push yourself.” No matter what the score is, maintaining your focus is important... [Read More...]
When Your Young Athlete’s Confidence is Low Because Friends Excel
What do you do when your young athlete’s confidence sinks every time a talented friend or teammate excels in sports? This is a common problem for young athletes. Kids are social beings—and they tend to compare themselves to their friends. But in sports, this is a bad thing to do. Making comparisons to other athletes hurts kids’ confidence. Here’s one sports parent whose athlete struggles with confidence when friends do well: “My daughter... [Read More...]
Are Athletes Weak If They Need Sports Psychology?
Do you or your athletes fear other athletes will see you as weak if you have to do mental training or work with a sports psychologist? Still today, athletes buy into myths about sports psychology, which prevent them from embracing the benefits of mental training. I recently received an email from a young hockey player getting ready for try outs. This hockey player states: “I have friends who perform better than me and they don’t read any... [Read More...]
Favre Welcomes the Pregame Butterflies in NFL Return
Most athletes feel “jitters” or nervousness before competition. But are jitter a bad thing to feel before a game? It depends on who you ask. Many young athletes who experience pregame jitters think they are nervous or tense and don’t like these feelings. However, veteran players welcome pregame jitters and even worry when they don’t feel some butterflies before a game. As a matter of fact, I saw an ESPN interview with Brett Favre about... [Read More...]
Golf Psychology Podcast: Improve Commitment on Your Shots
Golf psychology expert and author of the “Golfer’s Mental Edge” CD program, teaches amateur to tour professional golfers how to improve their mental game of golf. In this week’s golf psychology session, mental game of golf expert and author of The Mental Game of Golf, Dr. Cohn, helps a golfer improve commitment before her shots. You can’t be wishy washy with your decisions and expect to hit good shot. You must make good decisions on... [Read More...]
Tennis Psychology: Coping with Mistakes
Tennis players learn how to cope with mistakes and not dwell on mistakes. Welcome to session number thirty four of The Tennis Psychology Podcast. Dr. Patrick Cohn at Sports Psychology for Tennis, is a mental game of tennis expert and helps tournament players, tennis coaches and parents improve confidence, focus, and composure using sports psychology strategies. In this week’s tennis psychology session, Dr. Cohn teaches you how to overcome the fear... [Read More...]
