Sports Psychology Articles

Peak Performance Sports Launches News Blog

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Peak Performance Sports launches new blog to access the latest news and announcements from Peaksports.com. As the president and founder of Peak Performance Sports (Orlando, Florida), Dr. Patrick J. Cohn teaches mental skills and sports psychology techniques to athletes, teams, and corporate professionals to help improve performance. For the latest news and updates, visit: Peak Performance Sports News … Sport Psychology Article…

Helping Sports Kids Cope with Mistakes – Video Part 3

The Composed Sports Kid CD & Workbook Frustrated parents and coaches of young athletes contact us everyday about their kids’ inability to handle mistakes or cope with imperfection in sports. As a matter of fact, 43% of sports parents and coaches we surveyed agreed that kids struggle to let go and stay composed after mistakes. For this reason, we have an exciting new Workbook and CD program … Sport Psychology Article…

Helping Young Athletes Kick Perfectionism Program

You can learn all the secrets to helping young athletes kick perfectionism and fear of failure, beginning today! This program is guaranteed to give you and your sports kid’s instant results. You’ll start seeing changes in your young athlete’s confidence almost immediately. Our program: “Sports Parents’ Top Dilemma: Helping Young Athletes Kick Perfectionism and Fear of Failure,” will … Sport Psychology Article…

How Coaches’ and Parents’ Expectations Hurt Athletes

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Sport Parents: Do You Pressure Your Young Athletes? Youth coach Doug Donaldson says he knows intuitively when one of his young athletes feels pressured by a parent’s expectations. And he also knows the problems such well-meaning expectations can create in young athletes. For example, one of his player’s mothers wants the child to play goalie in Lacrosse. But … Sport Psychology Article…

How to Be and Effective Mental Game Coach

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Mental Game Coaching Professional Program I’ve receive a lot of questions from both sports psychology students and professionals who want to do mental coaching with athletes. Here’s a recent example: “I completed my MS in sport psychology and am currently finishing my doctorate in clinical psychology. I’m wondering if you have any tips that would help me get … Sport Psychology Article…

Credibility Factors as a Mental Game Coach

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Mental Game Coaching Professionals Your credibility as a mental game coach is critical to your coaching success. Many budding mental coaches ask me if having a higher degree, such as a Ph.D. in education or psychology is important to credibility. It’s not as important as you may think, but establishing yourself as a credible mental game coach will … Sport Psychology Article…