Mental Performance Articles

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

Improve Hitting With Baseball Psychology

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Bring Your Batting Practice To Games In “Mental Training Sessions with Doc,” Dr. Patrick Cohn answers your sports psychology and mental training questions about how to bring your practice game to competition and how to determine what’s throwing your focus off before game time. Visit Peaksports.com and click on contact us to submit your question for Dr. Cohn … Sport Psychology Article…

Do You Use Mental Strategies To Get Ready Before Your Game?

Pregame Mental Preparation

6 Steps for Pregame Mental Preparation Do you know that the warm up routine is also a time to become mentally prepared for the game? What mental game strategies help you get mentally ready before a game? When I ask my athletes: what’s your pregame routine? Most will answer this by describing their physical warm up. In today’s … Sport Psychology Article…

The Mindset for Playing Against Dominate Teams

Mindset Against Dominant Teams

Oregon’s Mentality Against UConn Have you ever played a team that was so dominant you questioned your chances to pull out a victory? Facing a team that has demonstrated dominance for a long period of time can cause many players to resign themselves to the predetermined fate of losing. Let’s face it… if you play long enough, you … Sport Psychology Article…

How To Have The Shooter’s Mentality

Shooter's Mentality

Avoid Slumps With The Shooter’s Mentality Basketball shooters talk all the time about having streaks and slumps in their performance, which is very common in all sports. Shooters say they have the “hot hand” when the ball is dropping with relative consistency and lacking confidence when not sinking shots. Think of those times when you were “in the … Sport Psychology Article…

Playing Your Best Golf Without Your “A” Game

Player's Mindset

Jason Day’s Tournament Win How do you play golf when you don’t have your A-game? As Tiger used to say, “I didn’t have my A game, but I was able to get it done.” Jason Day, winner of the 2016 Arnold Palmer Invitational talked about how he didn’t feel confident over ANY shots on Sunday… But he was … Sport Psychology Article…

Peak Performance in Sports

Peak Performer's Mindset

Characteristics of Peak Performance How do you define peak performance? Maybe you view peak performance as achieving a best time or personal record… Perhaps you view peak performance as beating a rival or winning a championship title. While all these events could be peak performances, there is something more to the concept of peak performance than just winning. … Sport Psychology Article…