Sport Psychology Articles for Athletes, Coaches, and Sports Parents
How Perfectionism Affects Competitive Sport Performance What are your thoughts on perfectionism for athletes? In your opinion, should the goal be to have a perfect performance? So many …
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How to Perform Functionally, Not Perfectly Is perfectionism helpful or harmful to your performance? Do you see perfectionism as a key to your success? Many top athletes players call themselves …
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Athletes Who Are Highly Critical Post-Game Do you or your athletes only focus on mistakes after competition? Do you criticize your performance instead of learn from it? Or do …
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Overcoming Highly Judgemental Behaviors One of the qualities of perfectionist athletes is the fact that they judge their performance extremely harshly. They are very self-critical. Very high …
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Lack of Trust is Main Problem for Perfectionists One of the biggest challenges for perfectionists is the lack of trust in their skills… Lack of trust in skills is the …
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Perfectionist athletes often worry too much about what others (coaches, teammates, parents) think about their performance. We call this social approval fears in our work. This is not only …
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