Mental Performance Articles

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

How to Turn Self-Doubt Into Confidence

Self-Doubt in Sports

How Self-Doubt Destroys Confidence Many distractions during competition affect your ability to focus… Some common distractions are: If you want to perform to your peak, you find a way to be able to cope well with distractions by being ready for them. The toughest distractions to cope with are the ones you create for yourself. Internal distractions are … Sport Psychology Article…

Confidence And Knowing You Belong

Sports Psychology

Performing Confidently in Sports Part of feeling confident as an athlete is “knowing you belong” in a specific team or competition. You have fought hard to get to a higher level in your sport… You put in many hours of training… You’ve worked hard to improve your technique… You didn’t get to your current level by chance. You … Sport Psychology Article…

Does Adversity Improve Mental Toughness?

Adverstiy in Sports

How Mentally Tough Athletes Deal With Adversity Is your mental toughness challenged when you have to perform under adverse circumstances? If you want to perform your best, you’ll need to learn how to anticipate and cope with challenges. Coping means having a way to respond to adversity so you can perform with a level head. Sports has its … Sport Psychology Article…

Trusting Swing Changes on The Course – Video

Peak Sports Video of The Week

Why Swing Changes Are Hard to Trust on The Course In “Sports Psychology Sessions with Doc,” Dr. Patrick Cohn answers a question from Karl about taking your practice swing to the course. Have you made any swing changes recently that have improve your swing in practice, but can’t take it to the course? Karl wrote in and said: “I stopped playing golf in 2004 because of … Sport Psychology Article…

How to Use Mental Imagery for Greater Success in Sports

Visualization in Sports

Benefits of Visualization in Sports Is visualization or mental imagery a gimmick or a legitimate mental game tool to improve athletic performance? The reality is that many athletes do use visualization daily as part of their training regimens–and with great success. These athletes talk about a number of benefits they have received through visualization including: If so many … Sport Psychology Article…