Mental Performance Articles

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

Mental Game Coaching Certification Starts in February

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Mental Game Coaching Professionals What’s your background as a mental game coach? Do you work part-time as a mental coach today? And is it hard to get work with new athletes? Before Douglas Finney, a recent MGCP graduate, started working with athletes, she owned a mental health practice in psychotherapy. But she soon became excited about the prospect … Sport Psychology Article…

Golf Psychology: Tiger Woods-like Concentration for Golfers

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Concentration in Golf What’s the one mental game skill you must possess to be successful in golf? Focus, concentration, or ability to attend to what’s important. You can’t hit a good shot when you are thinking about the wrong stuff or are distracted by your own internal gremlins. I just posted a new golf confidence video for you … Sport Psychology Article…

Why Athletes and Coaches Don’t Embrace Sports Psychology

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Sports Psychology Strategies Even today, some athletes and coaches don’t embrace sports psychology strategies. I think this has a lot to do with their lack of understanding about mental coaching and how it can help… Your biggest challenge as a mental coach is helping athletes and coaches understand the real value of learning mental game strategies. As a … Sport Psychology Article…

A Proven System for Mental Game Coaching – 10 Years Later

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Mental Game Coaching Professionals It was 17 years ago when I finished my Ph.D. in sports psychology. I was ready to conquer the world. But it wasn’t a smooth transition for me… My education prepared me to teach college students sports psychology and I did just that as an assistant professor. Two year later, I stopped teaching and … Sport Psychology Article…

Mental Game Classes by Peak Performance Sports

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 Mental Game Classes Every year Peaksports Subscribers can join six live mental game classes. This fall, you can get live mental game coaching with myself as I cover three popular sports psychology topics… Here is the kicker… It’s all done over the phone via Teleconference–called a Teleclass! Just phone in… What is a Teleclass? Each class is about … Sport Psychology Article…

Sports Psychology for Athletes: Improve Composure in Sports

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Keeping Your Composure in Sports OK, I just received an email from a frustrated player that I think applies to every athlete… Playing sports is supposed to be fun, right. Some people think sports is an escape from the doldrums of life. We can immerse ourselves for a few precious moments or hours in an enjoyable diversion, right? … Sport Psychology Article…