Mental Performance Articles

Sports psychology articles to improve your mindset for sports and performance by Peak Performance Sports

Mental Game Tips To Get Past Performance Slumps

Slump Recovery

Understand The Ups and Downs Of Your Performance How do you overcome slumps? When you’ve had a few bad games or performances, do you expect that trend to continue? Here’s what I see a lot… It starts with a bad game… Your confidence takes a little hit… You begin to doubt your ability due to a poor performance… … Sport Psychology Article…

How Athletes Mentally Cope With Injury (New Research)

Injury Comeback

Are You Mentally Tough After An Injury? Are you mentally tough after you’ve had “time off” from competing due to an injury? Recall a time when an injury interrupted your season… Sport injuries have both physical and psychological challenges. Injured athletes experience a wide range of intense emotions such as depression, anxiety, stress, shock, lack of confidence and … Sport Psychology Article…

Golfers, Do You Lose Focus During Your Preshot Routine?

Golf Focus

Concentrate During Your Preshot Routine Do you lose focus during your preshot routine–for no apparent reason as if you are “going through the motions”? I’ve written a lot about the importance of focusing on the right stuff while playing golf–especially during your preshot routine. I’m sure you can think of times when you stood over a putt and … Sport Psychology Article…

Mental Game Tips For Poised Performance In The Big Game

Poised Under Pressure

Stay Confident In Games Are you able to remain confident in critical moments during competition? Think of a time when you finally made it to the big stage in your sport… You were probably excited to reach the next level… When the competition started, you were confident but slightly nervous… but things may not have gone your way … Sport Psychology Article…

What’s The Best Motivation For Athletes?

Increase Motivation

Increase Your Level Of Intrinsic Motivation Have you lost your motivation in the middle of a long season? Have you ever wondered what you could do to have greater motivation? There have probably been times where you had difficulty getting psyched up for a competition or pushing through the drudgery of training. As your season ended, you may … Sport Psychology Article…

Golfers Who Are Haunted By Their Last Shot Or Hole…

Refocusing

Do You Think About The Last Shot You Made? Have you ever been haunted by your last golf shot, whether it be a poor tee shot or missing a critical putt? PROBLEM: Many golfers have difficulty focusing after a bad shot to the point that their performance drastically declines over the next few shots (The Negative Performance Cycle). … Sport Psychology Article…