Sports psychology articles to improve your mindset for sports and performance by Peak Performance Sports
One of the qualities of perfectionist athletes is the fact that they judge their performance extremely harshly. They are very self-critical. Very high level perfectionists want their performance to look good and feel good in order to get the desired results. When they don’t get these results they feel they aren’t performing up to their expectations. To perform … Sport Psychology Article…
How to Overcome Lack of Trust in Your Skills One of the biggest challenges for perfectionists is the lack of trust in their skills… Lack of trust in skills is the reason perfectionists tend to under perform in competition–compared to practice. Perfectionism leads to: –Over thinking–Stuck in a practice mindset–Worry about what others think–Outcome and aftermath thinking–Anxiety, tentative … Sport Psychology Article…
How to Overcome All or None Thinking In this Mental Training video, you learn why perfectionist athletes partake in irrational thinking. In this case “all or none thinking” and how to prevent it. One of the characteristics of perfectionists is that they view their performance as black or white, good or bad, with no shades of gray in … Sport Psychology Article…
Transform Anxiety into Energy in Front of the Crowd What effect does the crowd have on you during your skating programs? Do you feel energized or anxious when the crowd claps for you and tries to cheer you on? Figure skaters look to have clean skating routines. Focus on the wrong thing and you can be flailing and … Sport Psychology Article…
Anxiety and Tension in Perfectionist Athletes In this sports psychology video of Sessions with Doc, Dr. Cohn discusses how perfectionist athletes have anxiety and tension when they compete. One of the characteristics of perfectionists is that they feel a lot of anxiety and worry due to their fear of failure. Often the fear is about disappointing others and … Sport Psychology Article…
How to Get Off Confidence Roller Coaster On this video of Sessions with Doc, you learn about athletes who have fragile confidence. One of the characteristics of perfectionists is that they tend to have more confidence in practice than they do in competition. Fragile confidence means that athletes’ confidence goes up-and-down rapidly depending on how they are performing … Sport Psychology Article…