Mental Performance Articles

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

Golf Podcast: Take Your Practice Game to the Course

Golf Psychology Podcast

Dr. Patrick Cohn, golf psychology expert and author of the “Golfer’s Mental Edge” CD program, The Mental Game of Golf, and The Mental Art of Putting , teaches amateur to tour professional golfers how to improve their mental game of golf. In this week’s golf psychology session, mental game of golf expert and author of The Mental Game of Golf, … Sport Psychology Article…

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. Boost Your Self-Confidence With Mental Game Coaching! Master mental game coach, … Sport Psychology Article…

Helping Sports Kids Cope with Mistakes – Video Part 3

The Composed Sports Kid

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

Pressuring Young Athletes

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…