Managing Your Emotions In Golf How do you handle adversity on the golf course? Do you take it out on your clubs or are you able to manage your emotions and figure out the best course of action for the next shot? Imagine you are putting for par on the 17th hole to stay tied for the lead… … Sport Psychology Article…
How Wie Manages Pressure Have others told you that you “have a lot of potential?” Often the word potential characterizes the large gap between a golfer current level of performance and what he is capable of performing. Though many coaches and parents use this phrase to motivate, golfers can feel a lot of anxiety due to the high … Sport Psychology Article…
The Mental Game of Golf Have you ever played in a tournament in which you were playing great one moment, hitting effortless shots… and then, in an instant, your game unravels and you lose patience? Without notice, your game is no longer effortless and you can’t seem to hit the ball anywhere near your intended target. You start … Sport Psychology Article…
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 … Sport Psychology Article…
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. … Sport Psychology Article…
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 … Sport Psychology Article…