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Stable Confidence in Basketball

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Have Stable Confidence in Basketball In this week's sports psychology podcast, mental game of sports expert, Dr. Patrick Cohn, answers mental game questions in Sessions With Doc. This weeks questions is: How to have Stable Confidence in Basketball? Listen to Dr. Cohn's new podcast to find out what he teaches athletes in the mental coaching … [Read more...] about Stable Confidence in Basketball

Life After being an Athlete

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Interview with Former NFL Player Phil Costa In this week's sports psychology podcast, mental game of sports expert, Dr. Patrick Cohn, answers mental game questions in Sessions With Doc. How do I transition out of being an athlete? How do I stay focused when I know I'm nearing the end of my athletic career? Listen to Dr. Cohn's new podcast to find out how to adjust to life after being an … [Read more...] about Life After being an Athlete

Relaxing the Mind & Body in Basketball

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How to Stay Relaxed in Basketball In this week's sports psychology podcast, mental game of sports expert, Dr. Patrick Cohn, answers mental game questions in Sessions With Doc. This weeks questions is: "How to relax your mind and body when feeling tense, tight and nervous before a big game" Listen to Dr. Cohn's new podcast to find out what he teaches athletes in the mental coaching … [Read more...] about Relaxing the Mind & Body in Basketball

What Skills Are Learned in Mental Training?

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How Do You Help Athletes in Mental Coaching? In this week's sports psychology podcast, mental game of sports expert, Dr. Patrick Cohn, answers mental game questions in Sessions With Doc. I'm continuing my series on: What is mental coaching? How does mental coaching work? And, what do you do as a mental coach? Another question that I receive from listeners is: "What are the things that you … [Read more...] about What Skills Are Learned in Mental Training?

The Mental Coaching Process

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What is The Success Rate With Mental Coaching? In this week's sports psychology podcast, mental game of sports expert, Dr. Patrick Cohn, answers mental game questions in Sessions With Doc. I get a lot of questions about mental coaching and what a mental coach does and how the process works... Today, I'm going to answer a questions from one of our listeners about: "How does mental coaching or … [Read more...] about The Mental Coaching Process

What is Mental Game Coaching?

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What is The Success Rate With Mental Coaching? In this week's sports psychology podcast, mental game of sports expert, Dr. Patrick Cohn, answers mental game questions in Sessions With Doc. We get a lot of questions about doing mental coaching and what mental coaching is all about. There are some myths and misconceptions out there so I would like to start to clear that up. One of the … [Read more...] about What is Mental Game Coaching?

How to Help Athletes Stay Aggressive

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Helping Athletes Overcome The End of Game Pressure In this week's sports psychology podcast, mental game of sports expert Dr. Patrick Cohn talks with Dr. Megan Melchiorre. Dr. Megan is the newest member of the Peak Performance Sports team. She is the lead mental coach specializing in working with youth and high school athletes in various sports. Do you have teams that tend to get tight at … [Read more...] about How to Help Athletes Stay Aggressive

How to Mentally Focus In Games

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What Are The Top Distractions For Athletes? In this week's sports psychology podcast, mental game of sports expert Dr. Patrick Cohn talks with Dr. Megan Melchiorre. Dr. Megan is new at Peak Performance Sports. She is the lead mental coach specializing in working with youth and high school athletes in various sports. She was a collegiate volleyball player and coach. She's also participated in … [Read more...] about How to Mentally Focus In Games

How to Help Players Cope With Mistakes in Games

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Helping Athletes Let Go of Mistakes In this week's sports psychology podcast, mental game of sports expert Dr. Patrick Cohn talks with Dr. Megan. Dr. Megan is new at Peak Performance Sports. She is the lead mental coach specializing in working with youth and high school athletes in various sports. In this podcast, they will answer a question a reader: "How do you help players cope with … [Read more...] about How to Help Players Cope With Mistakes in Games