Letting Go of Mistakes in Competition Every athlete makes mistakes... It's part of sports. Think of how many times you have seen an elite figure skater trip over their own skate, under-rotate on an easy jump, or forget their program? Or a veteran baseball player get caught taking a fastball right over the plate with the bases loaded, get picked off at first base, or forget how many outs there … [Read more...] about How to Cope With Mistakes Like This Pro
Letting Go Of Mistakes In Sports
How Athletes Bounce Back From Defeat
Moving Past Missed Opportunities in Competition A missed potential game-winning shot does NOT define you... A fall during a major competition does NOT define you... A dropped ball in a playoff game does NOT define you... A false start at Nationals does NOT define you... A game-ending mistake against your biggest rival does NOT define you. Missed opportunities can be bitter pills to swallow. As … [Read more...] about How Athletes Bounce Back From Defeat
How to Respond to Poor Performances in Competition
Moving on After Poor Performance and Mistakes in Competition In this week's sports psychology podcast, mental game of sports expert, Dr. Patrick Cohn, answers mental game questions in Sessions With Doc. Does a poor performance really rock your world and you tend to lose confidence and wonder what's going on? Today I'm answering a questions from someone who had left a question on our blog at … [Read more...] about How to Respond to Poor Performances in Competition
How to Help Players Cope With Mistakes in Games
Helping Athletes Let Go of Mistakes In this week's sports psychology podcast, mental game of sports expert Dr. Patrick Cohn talks with Dr. Megan. Dr. Megan is new at Peak Performance Sports. She is the lead mental coach specializing in working with youth and high school athletes in various sports. In this podcast, they will answer a question a reader: "How do you help players cope with … [Read more...] about How to Help Players Cope With Mistakes in Games
Volleyball Players Who Dwell on Mistakes
Improve Mental Toughness For Volleyball As a former player and coach, I’ve been around many elite volleyball players and their game. I’ve played with and coached players who were able to let go of mistakes or distractions and were the model of a "one-point-at-a-time" mindset. In contrast, I’ve been with athletes who either focused too much on the past or future, or both... They continued … [Read more...] about Volleyball Players Who Dwell on Mistakes
How to Move on After Mistakes During Volleyball Games
Refocusing Quickly in Volleyball Mistakes during a volleyball match seem to be pretty inevitable. Volleyball is a game of mistakes... You'll never see a match, even at the professional and Olympic level that didn’t include a few errors. Whether it be a missed serve, a shanked ball, or an error on the block; even the best, most skilled volleyball players fault. In volleyball you’re always … [Read more...] about How to Move on After Mistakes During Volleyball Games
Control Your Focus to Let Go of Mistakes
Focusing on The Present Rather Than Past Mistakes Letting go of mistakes is a difficult task for many athletes, but a super important skill for all. If you dwell on the last play, poor routine, error or bad performance and let it to fester in your mind, this leads to more mistakes and a downward spiral. The memory of mistakes creates a split focus where it divides your focus. When you … [Read more...] about Control Your Focus to Let Go of Mistakes
How to Let Go of Mistakes and End Dwelling
Why Focusing on Mistakes Keeps You Stuck Mistakes can haunt athletes and turn into more mistakes. But it’s not the mistake that hurts performances--it's your memory or dwelling on a mistake that hurts your performance. Once the mistake is done, it should be done, but hard to do for many perfectionist athletes. Unfortunately, the past is no longer the past when you keep its memory alive in … [Read more...] about How to Let Go of Mistakes and End Dwelling
How to Handle Losing in Sports
The Importance of Letting Go of Past Games Do you find it difficult to get over a bad game or a loss? Do you rehash your performance over and over in your mind, beating yourself up over every little mistake? If you or your athletes keep replaying mistakes in your mind, it chips away at your confidence and interferes with your ability to perform to your capabilities in the next game. It … [Read more...] about How to Handle Losing in Sports