Sports Psychology Articles

How to Keep Calm after a Poor Officiating Call

How to Keep Calm after a Poor Officiating Call

Do Emotions Get the Best of you After a Bad Call? Do your emotional outbursts lead to a loss of focus and uncharacteristic mistakes? You can’t take emotions out of the game. By nature, we are emotional beings. However, when you don’t reel in your emotions, they will intensify, and your performance will decline rapidly. For example, Mary … Sport Psychology Article…

How Elite Athletes Gain Trust in their Game

How Elite Athletes Gain Trust in their Game

Learning to be Comfortable with Your Game What does it mean to be comfortable with your game? You can view “comfort” in two ways… One way to view comfort is the acceptance of the status quo. In that sense, athletes train within a comfort zone impeding progress. To grow as an athlete, you should push past comfort and … Sport Psychology Article…

How to Evaluate Losses for More Confidence

Mistake in the Game

Finding Confidence After Failure How do you feel after blowing a lead and losing a game? Do you question your abilities? Do you feel less confident about the next competition? What you tell yourself after a performance will impact your emotions and confidence. In addition, your thoughts about a recent performance will affect your preparation and performance for … Sport Psychology Article…

How Elite Athletes Use Visualization 

How Elite Athletes Use Visualization

Do you Visualize your Athletic Performances? Is visualization a consistent component of your training regimen? Most athletes answer “no” to both of these questions. But why do so many athletes ignore visualizing performance, even after many elite, Olympic, and professional athletes attribute their success to this particular mental skill? Several reasons exist for athletes not visualizing on a … Sport Psychology Article…