Coaches Who Distract Athletes by Yelling In “Sports Psychology Sessions with Doc,” Dr. Patrick Cohn answers a question from Mark about dealing with coaches who constantly yell instructions during games. Visit Sports Psychology for Athletes at Peaksports.com and click on contact us to submit your mental game questions for Dr. Cohn to answer in his mental game videocast or podcast. What can … [Read more...]
Archives for March 2017
How to Keep Confidence After Mistakes
The Shooter's Mentality Confidence is a a must if you or your athletes want to perform at their peak. However, confidence can be very fragile for some athletes... Too often, after athletes miss a shot, drop a ball, mess up a tumbling pass or make some other mistake, they judge their performance and dwell on the mistake over and over in their mind. Judging your performance and holding onto … [Read more...]
How to Counter The Upset When Playing an Underdog
Controlling Your Focus in Games Athletes under perform all the time in sports... Sometimes when you play against a team or opponent with a lower rank, you may underestimate them to take the game too lightly. In a tournament elimination format, you may look past that lower ranked opponent and focus on your next match-up or a more formidable opponent. You erroneously believe that the … [Read more...]
How to Let Go of Bad Shots And Stay Composed
Controlling Your Emotions on The Course Did you ever lose control on the golf course after a bad shot or hole? Have your emotions ever spiraled out of control causing you to lose focus during a round of golf? Many golfers lose emotional control during a round... Losing composure can range from mild frustration to total anger after a three-putt or bad shot. Why does a golfer lose composure … [Read more...]
How to Turn Self-Doubt Into Confidence
How Self-Doubt Destroys Confidence Many distractions during competition affect your ability to focus... Some common distractions are: Opposing fans Rival teams Worrying about meeting others' expectations Poor playing conditions If you want to perform to your peak, you find a way to be able to cope well with distractions by being ready for them. The toughest distractions to … [Read more...]
Confidence And Knowing You Belong
Performing Confidently in Sports Part of feeling confident as an athlete is "knowing you belong" in a specific team or competition. For a gymnast, "knowing you belong" may be competing at Nationals. For a tennis player, "knowing you belong" may be closing out a match against a higher ranked opponent. For a soccer player, "knowing you belong" may be breaking into the starting lineup for … [Read more...]
Does Adversity Improve Mental Toughness?
How Mentally Tough Athletes Deal With Adversity Is your mental toughness challenged when you have to perform under adverse circumstances? If you want to perform your best, you'll need to learn how to anticipate and cope with challenges. Coping means having a way to respond to adversity so you can perform with a level head. Sports has its ups and downs and there is nothing you can do to … [Read more...]
Trusting Swing Changes on The Course
Why Swing Changes Are Hard to Trust on The Course In “Sports Psychology Sessions with Doc,” Dr. Patrick Cohn answers a question from Karl about taking your practice swing to the course. Visit Sports Psychology for Athletes at Peaksports.com and click on contact us to submit your mental game questions for Dr. Cohn to answer in his mental game videocast or podcast. Have you made any swing … [Read more...]