Concentration in Sports

Lessons from National Championship Games: The Dangers of Protecting Your Lead

Protecting The Lead

Don’t Protect Your Lead Do you or your team adopt a defensive mindset and fear mistakes when you have the lead in the game? Do you or your team protect a big lead and then just play it safe or try to hold on to the lead? If so, this is a sign that a comfort zone is … Sport Psychology Article…

Staying Composed on the Course

Golf Psychology Podcast

Dr. Patrick Cohn, golf psychology expert and author of the “Golfer’s Mental Edge” CD program, teaches amateur to tour professional golfers how to improve their mental game of golf using golf psychology strategies developed over the last 20 years of his career. In this week’s golf psychology session, mental game of golf expert and author of The Mental … Sport Psychology Article…

Can You “Enjoy” the Pain and Suffering of Competition?

Long Competitions

Do you Have the Mental Stamina to Fight to the End? Is your fitness strong enough to endure a five-hour battle so that you don’t lose your mental focus? Are you mentally able to push past the physical pain when your body is telling you it’s out of gas? I loved the feeling of a close, hard-fought competition … Sport Psychology Article…

How to Focus at Peak Levels Under Pressure – Webinar 1

Video Of The Week

Dr. Patrick Cohn of Peak Performance Sports and former Pro football player J.J. Birden give a one hour Webinar on sports psychology strategies to help athletes perform at their peak under pressure. Birden shares his story about how he overcame pressure to succeed in the NFL. But Birden was small for a football player at 5’10.” The pressure to … Sport Psychology Article…

Golf Psychology: Tiger Woods-like Concentration for Golfers

Tiger Woods

Concentration in Golf What’s the one mental game skill you must possess to be successful in golf? Focus, concentration, or ability to attend to what’s important. You can’t hit a good shot when you are thinking about the wrong stuff or are distracted by your own internal gremlins. I just posted a new golf confidence video for you … Sport Psychology Article…

Performing in the Present Moment

Playing in The Moment

Learn How to Stay in The Moment Mistakes or errors occur everyday in sports and life, but many athletes sabotage their own performance because they simply can’t let go of past mistakes. Missing shots, double faulting, and losing an important game happen often in the sports world and become a thorn in many athlete’s mind – in some … Sport Psychology Article…