Moving Past Missed Opportunities in Competition A missed potential game-winning shot does NOT define you... A fall during a major competition does NOT define you... A dropped ball in a playoff game does NOT define you... A false start at Nationals does NOT define you... A game-ending mistake against your biggest rival does NOT define you. Missed opportunities can be bitter pills to swallow. As … [Read more...]
How Trubisky Learned to Focus Better
How to Overcome Outside Distractions in Sports Are you familiar with the expression, "living in a bubble," which infers that you're living in your own little world impervious to what is going on around you? You may even have heard a similar expression, "Are you living under a rock?" to describe you're unaware of what is happening in the outside world. These two phrases are negative commentaries … [Read more...]
How to Finish Your Skating Program Strong
How to Refocus After Mistakes in Your Program Mistakes do not have to lead to more mistakes in figure skating. How many times have you fallen during a program, only to lose focus and make another mistake soon after? How many times have you had several jumps that you landed short? How many times has a mistake led to another mistake a few seconds later or in your next program? Why do … [Read more...]
Debunking Mental Training for Athletes
The Benefits of Mental Game Training At the start of a new year, you want to ask yourself: Do I need to work on my mental game as well as physical game? Why work on the mental aspects of sports? Doubts about the value of mental training hold back many athletes from delving into exploring the mental aspects of training and its effect on competitive performances. The following … [Read more...]
How to Prepare for Pressure in Volleyball
Using Visualization to Overcome Pressures in Games How well do you perform during a volleyball match when the game is on the line? Are you able to focus when under pressure or does your performance fall off dramatically? Have you ever watched in awe of how elite players are able to rise to the occasion and play their "A" game when pressure mounts? Many volleyball players choke under … [Read more...]
Finishing Strong When Losing
Mental Toughness for Sports: Grinding it Out What exactly is mental toughness? Mental toughness is being a competitor in all situations. Whether it’s playing with intensity when you come off the bench with a few minutes left with zero chance of winning the contest... Or focusing on nailing your routine when the winner has already been decided... Or continuing to fight the last … [Read more...]
2 Mental Game Tips To Break Free Of A Slump
Tips for Slump Busting for Athletes Getting out of a slump is a mentally draining task for most athletes. Slumps are frustrating and can leave some athletes at a loss for how to break out of their performance lull. It feels like no matter what you do, nothing improves. You feel trapped. When a slump takes over your mind, its mystique grows. The slump gains importance. At this point, the slump can … [Read more...]
Mindset and The Eagles’ Losing Season
How to Be Self-Accountable in Sports Have you had a season where nothing much went right? The officiating calls didn’t seem to go your way, unfortunate injuries constantly affected the lineup, team chemistry seemed a bit off and early season losses put more pressure on the team... You had high hopes for this season especially since you had a solid season the year prior. Now you … [Read more...]
How to Respond to Poor Performances in Competition
Moving on After Poor Performance and Mistakes in Competition In this week's sports psychology podcast, mental game of sports expert, Dr. Patrick Cohn, answers mental game questions in Sessions With Doc. Does a poor performance really rock your world and you tend to lose confidence and wonder what's going on? Today I'm answering a questions from someone who had left a question on our blog at … [Read more...]
Setting the Right Goals for Skating
Reaching Your Skating Goals With "Big Picture Thinking" What is "Big Picture Thinking"? "Big picture thinking” is the ability to see athletic goals as a process. Unfortunately, many skaters set goals and want to obtain immediate results. Here is a trap that many skaters fall into... Josh P., a 14 year-old skater, fell shy of his National goal the previous season. After Josh had an end of … [Read more...]
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