Focus on Small Goals, Not Outcome Expectations Do you find you become more and more frustrated by missing your athletic goal? Does it feel like each performance that you fall short of your goal seems like failure? Every athlete has a goal. In fact, athletes are constantly told of the importance of goals for achieving success. But for many athletes, each missed attempt is filled with … [Read more...]
Archives for May 2016
Jason Day Wins With Advice From Tiger
Jason Day Overcomes Nerves To Win Players Championship This past weekend at The Players Championship in TPC Sawgrass, Jason Day, the world #1 ranked, won by four strokes over the best players in the world. The win this weekend earns him his tenth win of his career. In the post-round interview, we learn that Day is not immune to pressure and feeling nervous when in the lead. Even the top … [Read more...]
Overcome Performance Anxiety With This Practice
How to Want The Ball in The Final Moments of The Game Some athletes want the ball in their hand in the closing seconds of a game while other athletes pray they don't get the ball as time ticks down. Which athlete do you or your athletes fall into? Some athletes are overwhelmed by performance anxiety in sports and have great difficulty closing out games or taking the last shot... Your … [Read more...]
Helping Sports Kids Overcome Frustration
Do Your Sports Kids Check Out? In the new video series "Sports Parents Success Tips," Dr. Patrick Cohn answers your youth sports psychology and mental training questions that deal with sports parents and the mental game challenges their sports kids have. Visit Peaksports.com and click on contact us to submit your questions for Dr. Cohn to answer in his mental game videocast or podcast. Here's … [Read more...]
Help Young Athletes Reframe Doubts
Do Your Sports Kids Lack Self-Confidence? In "Sports Parents Success Tips," Dr. Patrick Cohn answers your youth sports psychology and mental training questions about sports parents and the mental game challenges their sports kids have. Visit Peaksports.com and click on contact us to submit your question for Dr. Cohn to answer in his mental game videocast or podcast. Here's the question Dr. … [Read more...]
Golfers Who Over Think Their Mechanics
Stop Over Analyzing and Trust Your Swing Do you work on your swing mechanics when playing tournament rounds or rounds for score? Working on your swing or thinking too much about technique while playing is not be the best way to score your best. Over-thinking technique and over-analyzing your swing increases muscle tension, decreases trust, and leads to what is called "paralysis by over … [Read more...]
Sports Injuries Impact On Athletes’ Mind
Psychology Of Sports Injuries Injuries are part of all sports. In fact, research conducted by Safe Kids Worldwide estimated that 2.6 million athletes, ages 19 and under, are seen in emergency rooms for injuries related to sports and recreation each year. These numbers don’t even include the injuries treated by family physicians or injuries that were less severe (pulled muscles, minor swelling, … [Read more...]
Catchers Who Can’t Throw Short Distances
Do You Have A Problem Throwing Back To The Pitcher? In "Mental Training Sessions with Doc," Dr. Patrick Cohn answers your baseball psychology and mental game questions about the roots of the throwing yips in baseball and how to cope better with the yips. Visit Peaksports.com and click on contact us to submit your question for Dr. Cohn to answer in his mental game videocast or podcast. Here's … [Read more...]
Coping With Frustration In Golf
How Jason Day Copes With Frustration Golf is a complex game, but golfers are tend to make it more complicated than need be. Nerves, fear, over thinking, and frustration can cause golfers to lose their passion, patience, and ability to perform. You probably have experienced some level of frustration during your golf career. Your inability to put the game into perspective may have even pushed … [Read more...]
Sports Visualization: The Secret Weapon of Athletes
The Importance Of Visualization In Sports Sports visualization is an experience… a training experience, a preparation experience and a warm-up experience. Visualization for athletes is a skill that you can improve and benefit from. Whether you realize it or not, you visualize during sports or mentally rehearse naturally. Everyone thinks in pictures. Some athletes unintentionally have recurring … [Read more...]