How to Maintain a Steady Level of Confidence Last week, you learned about confidence-booster 1: Managing strict expectations... On tap this week: confidence-killer 2: self-doubt. For some athletes, confidence is fragile and goes up and down depending on immediate results such as the last play, shot, race, or routine. And this is a big problem for athletes... One way to keep a steady or … [Read more...]
Archives for March 2013
Sports Confidence Booster 1: Dealing with Strict Expectations
How to Manage Strict Expectations Last week, I wrote to you about confidence-killer #1 in sports: Harboring strict expectations... Athletes who maintain very high expectations (demands) easily lose confidence when they don't perform up to their expectations. Strict expectations also can lead to judgmental thinking and self-doubt. Even worse, athletes become frustrated when they fail to … [Read more...]
Sports Confidence-Killer 1: High Expectations
How to Improve Your Confidence In any sport, confidence is the #1 mental game skill that helps you (or your athletes) succeed. How you prepare before competition, react to mistakes, cope with adversity, and internalize others comments, can make or break your confidence. And if you're a coach or parent, you play a critical role in helping your athletes' improve confidence in sports. In … [Read more...]
Mental Training Strategies to Build Confidence in Golf
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 Game of Golf, Dr. Cohn, answers a question … [Read more...]
Do You Tense Up on the Green?
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 Game of Golf, Dr. Cohn, answers a question … [Read more...]