How Important Is Confidence For Athletes? Every athlete and coach knows how important confidence is for peak athletic performance… But too many athletes I work with have fragile or unsteady confidence–they ride the confidence roller-coaster. Athletes who have fragile confidence can’t achieve their potential. Here are a few of the top confidence killers. Confidence suffers when you: Do … Sport Psychology Article…
Stop Playing It Safe In Sports In this week’s sports psychology podcast, mental game of sports expert, Dr. Patrick Cohn, answers a question from a sports parent whose athlete will have a lead and then loses the lead because he or she starts sitting on the lead or starts playing safe. Listen to this month’s sports psychology podcast … Sport Psychology Article…
Get Ahead Of The Game With Mental Training In this week’s sports psychology podcast, mental game of sports expert, Dr. Patrick Cohn and Olympian Wendy Bruce talk about why parents and athletes call at the last minute. Their athletes are having trouble with their mental game and they want a fix right before a big competition. Learn more … Sport Psychology Article…
In this week’s sports psychology podcast, mental game of sports expert, Dr. Patrick Cohn, answers a question from a sports parent whose athlete holds back in competition. Her athlete plays aggressively and confidently in practice but holds back during competitions. Listen to this month’s sports psychology podcast to learn how to improve your performance in sports and other … Sport Psychology Article…
Setting Goals Setting goals are an important part of structuring practice and improving the quality of your training for the new year. It is common for athletes I work with to have clear goals about what success they want to achieve in their sport. However, when it comes to training and practice sessions, many athletes do not have … Sport Psychology Article…
Getting Away With An Ugly Performance All golfers have heard the adages, “A win is a win” or “It’s better to be lucky than good” but what is the true value of an ugly win? Aside from the money, victory or points, how does an ugly win affect future performances? It really is a matter of how you … Sport Psychology Article…