Sports Psychology Articles

How to Reduce Chipping Yips and Free Up Your Stroke

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 30+ years of his career. In this week’s golf psychology session, mental game of golf expert and author of The Mental Game … Sport Psychology Article…

Assessing Your Mental Toughness with Dr. Mike Aisenberg

Sports Psychology Podcast

In this week’s sports psychology podcast, mental game of sports expert, Dr. Patrick Cohn, interviews coach Dr. Mike Aisenberg. Dr. Aisenberg talks about using assessments with his athletes to better understand their style of personality. He explains how he uses these assessments to better understand the athlete in order to help them with their mental game. Dr. Cohn … Sport Psychology Article…

Helping Perfectionists Cope and Playing Down to the Competition

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…

How Criticism Can Affect Athletes’ Mental Game

Pressure in Sports

No Athlete is Immune to Criticism and Pressure How you respond to pressure is what separates great athletes from average ones. Going into the 2011 Women’s World Cup, Birgit Prinz was the name on everybody’s lips. Prinz was the leading scorer in World Cup history with an impressive 14 goals, was named the FIFA world women’s player of … Sport Psychology Article…

Why High Expectations Can Cause Unhappiness

Sports Psychology Podcast

In this week’s sports psychology podcast, mental game of sports expert, Dr. Patrick Cohn answers a mental game question from a professional soccer player about high expectations. This soccer player feels unhappy and constantly unsatisfied with his performance because he demands and expects so much from himself. Learn how to overcome high expectations that leave you feeling unhappy … Sport Psychology Article…

JJ Birden: An Inspiring Story of Perseverance in Football

Football Mindset

I’d like to share with you a short story of perseverance and mental toughness… I recently talked with JJ Birden, a track star in college at the University of Oregon, who walked on as a football player. He turned his college career into a 9-year career in the NFL. Birden was really pegged as a track star destined … Sport Psychology Article…