Your Mental Toughness and Returning From an Injury Coming back from athletic injury is an experience laden with intense emotions… An injured athlete returning to competition will run through the gamut of both positive and negative emotions: All emotions affect your recovery and performance. Negative emotions can increase muscle tension and affect how you breathe. If these emotions … Sport Psychology Article…
Discover proven mental game secrets to unstoppable confidence in practice and competition. Learn these mental game strategies to improve focus, composure, and confidence. Uncover how to take your practice performance to meets! Introducing a mental training CD and workbook program designed specifically for gymnasts, parents, & coaches. “The Confident Gymnast” is a complete brain dump of the TOP … Sport Psychology Article…
Discover proven mental game secrets to unstoppable confidence in practice and competition. Learn the top 8 mental game lessons to improve focus, composure, and confidence. Uncover how to take your practice performance to meets! The Confident Figure Skater is a mental training CD and workbook program designed specifically for figure skaters, parents, & coaches. Read More Here…
How to Perform in Clutch Game-Time Moments Performing under pressure… Being clutch… Making the big play… Hitting the winning shot… This is what makes sports exciting for athletes. When athletes are young and they are playing in their backyards, they dream up scenarios where their last ditch heroic efforts turn the tide and win the game in dramatic … Sport Psychology Article…
Overcome Excuses to Improve Performance in Sports Excuses, excuses, excuses… Excuses are the enemy of any athlete. Excuses shrug off responsibility and place the blame for a lackluster performance on something (weather, bad competition site, faulty equipment) or someone else (teammate, bad official, unruly fans). Take for example the following excuses, some of which may strike a chord … Sport Psychology Article…
How to Beat The Yips in Sports The yips can afflict athletes in any sport. No matter the sport or your level of experience, the yips can become problematic. In golf, the yips can hamper a golfer’s ability to swing a club freely. Faced with a 3-foot putt, a golfer with the yips might hesitate before getting the … Sport Psychology Article…