Dr. Patrick Cohn, 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 using golf psychology strategies developed over the last 20 years of his career. In this week's golf psychology session, mental game of golf expert and author of The … [Read more...] about How to Reduce Chipping Yips and Free Up Your Stroke
Archives for August 2011
How to Gain Control of Your Performance by Giving Up Control
In this week's sports psychology podcast, Dr. Cohn responds to a question from an elite softball pitcher regarding her pattern of losing control suddenly during a game. In this Podcast, Dr. Cohn discusses how some athletes try to "over control" their performance and begin to try too hard. He explains how this leads to a tendency to think too … [Read more...] about How to Gain Control of Your Performance by Giving Up Control
Assessing Your Mental Toughness with Dr. Mike Aisenberg
In this week's sports psychology podcast, mental game of sports expert, Dr. Patrick Cohn, interviews coach Dr. Mike Aisenberg. Dr. Aisenberg talks about using assessments with his athletes to better understand their style of personality. He explains how he uses these assessments to better understand the athlete in order to help them with their … [Read more...] about Assessing Your Mental Toughness with Dr. Mike Aisenberg
Helping Perfectionists Cope and Playing Down to the Competition
Dr. Patrick Cohn, 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 using golf psychology strategies developed over the last 20 years of his career. In this week's golf psychology session, mental game of golf expert and author of The … [Read more...] about Helping Perfectionists Cope and Playing Down to the Competition
How Criticism Can Affect Athletes’ Mental Game
(This article is written by guest blogger, Allison Gamble) No athlete is immune to criticism and pressure. Yet how you respond to pressure is what separates great athletes from average ones. Going into the 2011 Women's World Cup, Birgit Prinz was the name on everybody’s lips. Prinz was the leading scorer in World Cup history with an impressive 14 … [Read more...] about How Criticism Can Affect Athletes’ Mental Game