What Do You Do When Called the Underdog? Do you embrace the underdog role when most people predict you will lose a competition? When you are the underdog, you have two choices: believing you can win or believing you will lose. If you believe you are going to lose, your body and mind will likely follow suit. You … Sport Psychology Article…
How Can You Improve Your Mindset? Many athletes reach a point where they believe they have maxed their potential or can no longer improve. Some set career goals, and when they accomplish their objective, they become satisfied and lose their motivation to achieve more. For instance, maybe you set a goal of playing in college. Throughout high school, … Sport Psychology Article…
Overcome Excuses to Improve Performance in Sports Excuses, excuses, excuses… Excuses are the enemy of any athlete. Excuses shrug off responsibility and place the blame for a lackluster performance on something (weather, bad competition site, faulty equipment) or someone else (teammate, bad official, unruly fans). Take for example the following excuses, some of which may strike a chord … Sport Psychology Article…
A Determined Mindset In Sports Legendary football coach Vince Lombardi said it best, “The will to win is not nearly so important as the will to prepare to win.” Every athlete wants to succeed, whether it is getting more playing time, breaking into the starting lineup, making big catches more consistently, or hitting longer field goals. Even though … Sport Psychology Article…
Mental Preparation For Peak Performance Success all comes down to mindset: What direction is your mindset leading you? If you aren’t moving closer to your goals, maybe it’s time to take a closer look at your habits. Villanova’s Men’s basketball team is the defending NCAA national champion and every collegiate basketball team will seek to dethrone the Wildcats. … Sport Psychology Article…
In this episode, you will learn strategies to manage social media as an athlete in today’s society. We discuss how to keep your focus solely on competing. Dr. Patrick Cohn is a master mental performance coach who works with professional athletes at Peak Performance Sports, LLC. Improve your mindset for sports with our certified mental performance coaches. Learn more … Sport Psychology Article…