Sports psychology articles to improve your mindset for sports and performance by Peak Performance Sports
Wie’s Mental Toughness Michelle Wie won her first U.S. Women’s Open last Sunday, but not without more tension than Kaymer’s nine-shot victory the week before. After making a double on the 16th hole, Wie stated she was shaken. “It was pretty scary. I gave myself a nice heart attack,” Wie said. “I think I aged about 10 years … Sport Psychology Article…
Your Mindset and Playing With a Lead Martin Kaymer went wire-to-wire to win the 2014 U.S. Open. Kaymer opened the tournament by shooting 65 on both Thursday and Friday’s rounds. His 10-under par score set the U.S. Open record for low scoring after 36 holes. What was Kaymer’s mindset that helped him win the U.S. open wire-to-wire and … Sport Psychology Article…
Are You Stuck In A Training Mindset? In this week’s sports psychology podcast, mental game of sports expert, Dr. Patrick Cohn and Olympian Wendy Bruce talk about how having a long season with very few competitions can present some challenges. Dr. Cohn and Wendy discuss how this can cause gymnasts or other performance based athletes to get … Sport Psychology Article…
Perfectionism In Athletes When competing, do you hold yourself to the standard of perfection? If you hit a bad shot or make a bad play… do you put yourself down? Does your performance steadily spiral downward? Has there been a time when competing and you placed so much pressure on yourself to play the perfect game or have … Sport Psychology Article…
Does A Poor Mental Game Have You Locked Up? Do you or your athletes perform better if you can “get out of your own way” during competition? You might be thinking: What does it mean to get out of your own way? When athletes can’t get out of their own way, the mind is interfering with physical talent… … Sport Psychology Article…
Managing Your Emotions In Golf How do you handle adversity on the golf course? Do you take it out on your clubs or are you able to manage your emotions and figure out the best course of action for the next shot? Imagine you are putting for par on the 17th hole to stay tied for the lead… … Sport Psychology Article…