Confidence in sports, tips, and strategies for athletes, performers, sports parents, to improve performance.
Nervous Competing Against Teammates in Practice? Coaches create competition scenarios in practice and training sessions to improve the team’s ability to perform under pressure and shape each player’s competitive mindset. Competing in practice makes competing in tournaments and games more appealing. Instead of becoming nervous, you feel more confident. You make fewer mistakes. You take more risks and … Sport Psychology Article…
When athletes have high expectations about what others expect, they feel more pressure to be perfect and not make mistakes. Is everyone telling you how good you can be at sports, but you are not meeting those expectations? Watch this video to learn how to deal with pressure from others: Video on Expectations Leading to Increased Pressure Related … Sport Psychology Article…
Don’t Wait To Set the Tone What is your mindset at the start of a competition? Do you tend to play cautiously at the beginning of a game or come out of the gates swinging? When you try to ease into a competition, two things generally happen: 1. You find yourself behind early in the competition. A slow … Sport Psychology Article…
Are you or your athlete playing too safe in games? This week, Dr. Cohn answers a questions from a sports parent who’s athlete is playing to safe or passively in games. This can often be an issue for athletes with fear of failure. Watch this video below to learn how to play your game with out fear of … Sport Psychology Article…
Do you Feel Demoralized After a Bad Game? It’s one thing to have a bad game, but a disastrous game can be mentally deflating. Even worse are consecutive horrible games. When you have back-to-back disastrous performances, those are the times you want to call it quits. For instance, how would you feel if you were a gymnast who … Sport Psychology Article…
Teamwork, Confidence, and Team Success What is the main ingredient in team success? Just as individual success requires confidence, team success revolves around team confidence. Team confidence is comprised of each player believing that the team has the necessary skills to accomplish their goals, such as winning a tournament, beating a rival, or making the playoffs. High team … Sport Psychology Article…