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Can You “Enjoy” the Pain and Suffering of Competition?

Do you have the mental stamina to fight to the end of a long, closely contended competition and never give up? Is your fitness strong enough to endure a five-hour battle so that you don’t lose your mental focus? Are you mentally able to push past the physical pain when your … [Mental Game Tip...]

Mental Strategies to Cope with Sports Injury

In this week's sports psychology podcast, mental game of sports expert, Dr. Patrick Cohn, interviews Dr. Raymond Petras, a sports performance and injury pain management expert. Dr. Petras has served as the team doctor for World Cup Speed Skating, USA Soccer, and LPGA Solheim … [Mental Game Tip...]

Does “Trash Talking” Distract You When Playing Golf?

Dr. Patrick Cohn, golf psychology expert and author of the "Golfer's Mental Edge" CD program, teaches amateur tour professional golfers how to improve their mental game of golf using golf psychology strategies developed over the last 20 years of his career. In this week's golf … [Mental Game Tip...]

Athletic Resilience and Overcoming Adversity in Sports

In this week's sports psychology podcast, mental game of sports expert, Dr. Patrick Cohn, interviews Joel Curtis, a mental coach with 12 years of experience working with athletes. Joel talks about the importance of athletic resilience and how to overcome defeat. You can contact … [Mental Game Tip...]

NEW! The Focused Sports Kid CD and Workbook Program

NEW! The Focused Sports Kid – CD Program

"The Focused Sports Kid" helps sports kids who get easily distracted and can't regain their focus in competition. In this program, you and your athlete learn concentration-boosting strategies to help young athletes develop laser focus during competition. Young athletes learn how … [Mental Game Tip...]

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Tim Tebow Pulls Trigger on OT Winning Play

I have short mental game tip for you today, which after confidence is the most important mental skill you (or your athletes) must master... If you are unfamiliar with football, Tim Tebow is a first year NFL quarterback for the Denver Broncos. Even if you don’t know … [Mental Game Tip...]

The Psychology of Sports Injury – Recovering from Mental Scars

Mental game expert, Dr. Cohn interviews Karen Fanjoy, who has worked in the area of energy psychology for about 10 years. She is certified in Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT), Reconnective Healing, Reiki, and has also used NLP with Faster EFT, the Emotion Code, Zensight, Ion … [Mental Game Tip...]