Month: August 2011

How to Reduce Chipping Yips and Free Up Your Stroke

Golf Psychology Podcast

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 30+ years of his career. In this week’s golf psychology session, mental game of golf expert and author of The Mental Game … Sport Psychology Article…

How to Gain Control of Your Performance by Giving Up Control

Sports Psychology Podcast

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 … Sport Psychology Article…

Assessing Your Mental Toughness with Dr. Mike Aisenberg

Sports Psychology Podcast

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 mental game. Dr. Cohn … Sport Psychology Article…

Helping Perfectionists Cope and Playing Down to the Competition

Golf Psychology Podcast

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 Mental … Sport Psychology Article…

How Criticism Can Affect Athletes’ Mental Game

Pressure in Sports

No Athlete is Immune to Criticism and Pressure 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 goals, was named the FIFA world women’s player of … Sport Psychology Article…

Why High Expectations Can Cause Unhappiness

Sports Psychology Podcast

In this week’s sports psychology podcast, mental game of sports expert, Dr. Patrick Cohn answers a mental game question from a professional soccer player about high expectations. This soccer player feels unhappy and constantly unsatisfied with his performance because he demands and expects so much from himself. Learn how to overcome high expectations that leave you feeling unhappy … Sport Psychology Article…