How to Improve Mental Toughness in Football How do you feel when your coach runs a long, strenuous practice? When your coach has you run 20-30 minutes of sprints after you just trained for two hours. Many athletes have practices they dread because those sessions are physically and mentally draining. You have been in a situation where your … Sport Psychology Article…
Mental Rehearsal Tips for Athletes How many times have you imagined failing, making mistakes, or losing in a competition? How many times have you visualized performing at your peak, succeeding, or achieving a personal best in a competition? Chances are you see images of failing more often than succeeding. Negative images seem to flow easily and freely into … Sport Psychology Article…
Build Proactive Confidence to Improve Your Game How would you grade your confidence over the course of the past athletic season? Would you give yourself an A? B? C+? How much more could you accomplish if you bumped up your confidence grade? Unfortunately, a lack of confidence holds many athletes back and creates feelings of frustration and disappointment. … Sport Psychology Article…
Be a Composed Athlete Do you struggle to maintain your composure after making mistakes in a game? For many athletes, mistakes will linger long after they are made, causing you to dwell on past errors to the point that they affect your current level of play. Often times, it’s not the mistake itself that causes your level of … Sport Psychology Article…
Focus on Your Strengths Are you struggling with confidence as a figure skater? Do you feel other skaters are passing you by as they perform bigger skills and jumps in point value? Figure skating is a sport of both power and finesse. Yet many skaters are overly focused on the power aspect of the sport, such as performing … Sport Psychology Article…
Develop a Growth Mindset Are you going through a long-term slump? Are you holding back or playing tentatively due to your performance slump? Slumps are aggravating, frustrating and unnerving. Sometimes, a slump in one area of your game affects your entire game, further compounding the issue. For example, you are in the middle of a long slump and … Sport Psychology Article…