perfectionism in gymnastics

Challenges Of Having Limited Competitions During A Long Season

Sports Psychology Podcast

  Are You Stuck In A Training Mindset? In this week’s sports psychology podcast, mental game of sports expert, Dr. Patrick Cohn and Olympian Wendy Bruce talk about how having a long season with very few competitions can present some challenges. Dr. Cohn and Wendy discuss how this can cause gymnasts or other performance based athletes to get … Sport Psychology Article…

Perfectionism in Gymnastics with Wendy Bruce-Martin

Sports Psychology Podcast

In this week’s sports psychology podcast, mental game of sports expert, Dr. Patrick Cohn and Olympian Wendy Bruce-Martin talk about the challenges of perfectionism in gymnastics. Dr. Cohn and Wendy discuss how perfectionism can be an asset but also an issue in gymnastics. Scoring in gymnastics is based on a perfect skill pushing gymnasts to a perfectionist mindset. … Sport Psychology Article…