Sports confidence and sports psychology articles for athlete, sports parents and team coaches.
Duplicating Your Positive Mindset Daily Have you heard the quote, “The dictionary is the only place that success comes before work.?” Legendary Green Bay Packers coach Vince Lombardi spoke those words to relate the importance of hard work. Lombardi followed that line by saying. “Hard work is the price we must pay for success. I think you can … Sport Psychology Article…
Managing Negativity From Others What are the main distractions that affect your performance? In what competitive situations do you find focusing more difficult? Distractions can be described as unneeded noise in your mind Some noise is internal such as your self-talk. You had probably experienced times when you thought, “I’m not good enough,” “I always choke,” or “Other … Sport Psychology Article…
Handle Your Post Game Assessment In this sports psychology video, Dr. Cohn helps an athlete on knowing what to do in post games assessment to improve confidence and performance. Dr. Cohn answers a question from an athlete who doesn’t know what to do after the game whether he wins or loses the game. Dr. Patrick Cohn is a master mental … Sport Psychology Article…
The Sports Psychology Podcast In this sports psychology podcast, Dr. Cohn helps an athlete on knowing what to do in post games to improve confidence. Here is the question, Dr. Cohn answers in this episode: JACK: Do you have any tips or a program for “Post game (win or lost) assessment? How to evaluate your performance. I’m trying to … Sport Psychology Article…
How to Have Proactive Confidence Confidence can gain momentum like a snowball growing in size as it barrels down a hill… But, also, confidence can come crashing down like an avalanche. Slight doubts can creep into your mind and slowly grow in magnitude and infiltrate other parts of your game. At that point, athletes feel less confidence and … Sport Psychology Article…
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…