The Secret to Success in Sports Do you believe that you will perform twice as good if you trained twice as long? The “more is better” mentality is thrust upon young athletes at a very early age. Parents and coaches try to get to get kids to specialize in one sport at early ages. Parents feel they need to get their child going in a sport … [Read more...] about Mental Training: How To Avoid Burnout
Archives for April 2016
How To React After Having a Bad Game
Do You Have Positive Self-Talk Or Negative Self-Talk After Games? Self-talk is the primary determinant of how you perform in a competition. At no time is self-talk more important than after having a poor game. The things you say to yourself after a bad performance will determine if one bad game snowballs into the next few games. If you … [Read more...] about How To React After Having a Bad Game
How To Evaluate and Improve Your Golf Game
Evaluate Your Golf Game To Improve Performance Effectively evaluating your golf game requires balance. Some golfers look at their golf game and only see mistakes and failure. These golfers have a bevy of ‘whys’ running through their heads: “Why do I always miss critical shots?” “Why can’t I beat so-and-so?” “Why can’t I lower my score?” All … [Read more...] about How To Evaluate and Improve Your Golf Game
Baseball Players Who Have The Throwing Yips
How Do You Know If You Have The Throwing Yips? In "Mental Training Sessions with Doc," Dr. Patrick Cohn answers your sports psychology and mental training questions about what the throwing yips are in baseball and softball. Visit Peaksports.com and click on contact us to submit your question for Dr. Cohn to answer in his mental game videocast or … [Read more...] about Baseball Players Who Have The Throwing Yips
Your Mindset for Playing Golf in the Wind
Playing Well When Faced With Adverse Conditions There are many challenging aspects to the game of golf and many are outside your control, such as weather, course conditions, your score and the leaderboard. There is one uncontrollable factor that distracts or hurts golfers' mental game... wind! Wind gusts and swirling winds affect both the … [Read more...] about Your Mindset for Playing Golf in the Wind