Sports psychology articles to improve your mindset for sports and performance by Peak Performance Sports
Does Perfectionism Sabotage Athletes? Is being a perfectionist a good thing? Does perfectionism help an athlete strive for more? Many elite athletes call themselves perfectionists. In fact, many Olympians and top-level professionals attribute their success to being perfectionists. Well, you can’t argue with success, right? If a gold-medalist or an All-Star believes perfectionism helped them achieve the pinnacle … Sport Psychology Article…
Trying Harder in Golf Can Backfire After a bad couple of bad holes or poor shots, do you try extra hard to try to make up for this and try to hit perfect shots? This is a common trap for many of the perfectionist golfers I work with. In sports, trying too hard or forcing play is referred … Sport Psychology Article…
Confidence For Preforming New Skills in Competition The quest of every athlete is to perform better in competition. It is the reason athletes spend countless hours practicing, learning new skills, tweaking mechanics and trying different techniques. Many athletes will hire private coaches to hone their skills and improve their technique at a quicker rate. Yet, despite all the … Sport Psychology Article…
Finding Fun in the Game of Golf Have you lost your enthusiasm for golf? Do you find it difficult to have fun while playing? Many golfers experience the same dilemma… When you first started playing golf, you probably couldn’t wait to get to the course… Every hole presented a unique challenge and it was exciting to figure out … Sport Psychology Article…
Mental Preparation to Improve Consistency How is it that some golfers follow up a great round of golf with a disastrous round the very next time they play? What accounts for these variations in your level of play? Well, the weather might change causing slightly different course conditions and you may be playing in a different group, but … Sport Psychology Article…
Staying Focused When Opponents Are Trash Talking Have negative remarks, whether it’s trash-talking or a negative comment from your opponent, ever distracted you? You are not alone… In every sport, mental warfare occurs and its sole objective is to get into your head, interrupt your focus, and mess with your performance. There are countless examples of trash talk … Sport Psychology Article…