Motivation in Sports

How to Overcome Intimidation in Sports

Intimidation into Motivation

Using Intimidation to Your Advantage “The intimidation factor” is commonplace in competition. Some athletes will seek to get a mental edge by taking you out of your game. Intimidation takes many forms such as: –Trash talking before a game–A brush-back pitch to shake up a hitter–An extra shove after a whistle was blown–Stare-downs or crazy antics No matter … Sport Psychology Article…

How To Break The Boredom Cycle During A Long Season…

Keeping Motivation High

Break Out Of Slumps Every athlete gets to the point in a season where motivation dips a bit. Motivation can be difficult to maintain through a long season with hours and hours of repetitive practice and training sessions. Repetitive workouts can lead to boredom for some athletes, “I get so bored in practice and just want it to … Sport Psychology Article…

Staying Committed Despite Results

Maintaining Motivation

Do You get Discouraged When Things Don’t Go Your Way? Have you ever committed to achieving a goal, worked harder than ever in practice, focused intently on improving technique but failed to see results in the near future? You’ve doubled your efforts in practice and paid particular attention to improving technique… and for what? The same results you … Sport Psychology Article…

Staying Motivated Over A Long Season

Boost Motivation

Motivation In Sports Do you or your athletes maintain motivation over the course of a long season? Practices, weight training, video sessions, physical therapy can deplete an athlete’s motivation for brief periods of time. But motivation is directly under your control and is one big factor that contributes to peak performance. The question you need to ask yourself … Sport Psychology Article…

What’s The Best Motivation For Athletes?

Increase Motivation

Increase Your Level Of Intrinsic Motivation Have you lost your motivation in the middle of a long season? Have you ever wondered what you could do to have greater motivation? There have probably been times where you had difficulty getting psyched up for a competition or pushing through the drudgery of training. As your season ended, you may … Sport Psychology Article…