Confidence in Sports Tips

How to Grow Competition Confidence 

How to Grow Competition Confidence 

How Do Elite Athletes Compete with Confidence? Elite athletes are most confident when they focus on their strengths. Too often, athletes worry about making mistakes or messing up during a competition. These athletes fear that their weaknesses will be exposed and they will be the reason their team loses. When you focus on your weaknesses, you approach the … Sport Psychology Article…

How to Succeed Against the Odds in Sports

How to Succeed Against the Odds in Sports

What is the “It Factor” That Pushes Athletes? Athletes who triumph over their circumstances often do so because they refuse to see the odds as stacked against them. If you acknowledge something as impossible, you won’t work to make your dream a reality. For example, if a baseball pitcher thought it was impossible to become a starter, would … Sport Psychology Article…

How to Reach for Your Athletic Potential 

How to Reach for Your Athletic Potential

Are You on A Quest to be Your Best? Every athlete WANTS to be the best athlete they can be, but not all athletes DO what is necessary to achieve their potential. Intentions may set the tone for athletic improvement. However, athletic excellence requires intentional action. An athlete who responded to one of our surveys sent the following … Sport Psychology Article…

How to Use Mistakes to Improve Performance

How to Use Mistakes to Improve Performance

Focus on Mistakes to Learn From Them There is a fine line between recognizing and dwelling on mistakes. You need to be able to identify miscues or missed opportunities from a competition to learn from them. The key is how long you think about those mistakes. Let’s look at the following scenario. Bob G. is a freshman collegiate … Sport Psychology Article…

Defining Athletic Success on Your Terms 

Defining Athletic Success on Your Terms

How To Define Your Athletic Success Often, athletes allow other people (with good intentions) to define success for them. For example, your parents may see success as earning a college scholarship, becoming a starter, or competing for a highly competitive team.  Likewise, your coach may see success as you achieving a national cut, having a top ranking, winning … Sport Psychology Article…

How to Stop Overthinking in Competition

How to Stop Overthinking in Competition

When Does Thinking Become Detrimental? Is it even possible to replicate good technique in competition without thinking?   Technique and mechanics are crucial for both confidence and success in sports. However, mechanics are quite detailed. There are a lot of moving parts. For a baseball pitcher to throw strikes, there are many technical variables to consider, such as … Sport Psychology Article…