In this week’s sports psychology podcast, mental game of sports expert, Dr. Patrick Cohn and Olympian Wendy Bruce-Martin talk about training and competing mindsets in gymnastics. Dr. Cohn and Wendy discuss how perfectionism in gymnastics makes it difficult for gymnasts to get out of a “training mindset” when in competition. Learn more about how a training mindset can make competitions difficult … [Read more...] about Gymnastics Psychology: Stuck In A Practice Mindset
Archives for March 2014
Perfectionism in Gymnastics with Wendy Bruce-Martin
In this week’s sports psychology podcast, mental game of sports expert, Dr. Patrick Cohn and Olympian Wendy Bruce-Martin talk about the challenges of perfectionism in gymnastics. Dr. Cohn and Wendy discuss how perfectionism can be an asset but also an issue in gymnastics. Scoring in gymnastics is based on a perfect skill pushing gymnasts to a perfectionist mindset. "I always say that being a … [Read more...] about Perfectionism in Gymnastics with Wendy Bruce-Martin
Mental Conditioning Coach Dr. Bob Winters
Performance Enhancement In Sports In this week's sports psychology podcast, mental game of sports expert, Dr. Patrick Cohn interviews Dr. Bob Winters about his approach to mental coaching. This podcast is a special preview of one of 14 interviews with nationally recognized top sports psychologists. In this excerpt, Dr. Bob Winters talks about his background as a mental coach and who influenced … [Read more...] about Mental Conditioning Coach Dr. Bob Winters
Do You Have an Issue With Focusing During a Match?
Concentrate During Your Matches 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 … [Read more...] about Do You Have an Issue With Focusing During a Match?