practice mindset

How to Improve Your Practice Mindset – Video

Sports Psychology Video

Improve Your Intensity and Focus in Practice In sports psychology, we find that a lot of athletes struggle with maintaining the same intensity in practice that they have in games. While it is good to be a “gamer” and perform your best in competition, this can also hurt your practice mindset if you are unable to improve your … Sport Psychology Article…

Stop Practicing When You Compete

Sports Psychology Podcast

Athletes Who Are Stuck in a Practice Mindset Today on the Top 10 Challenges of Perfectionism Dr. Cohn talks about athletes who are stuck in a practice mindset when they compete. One of the characteristics of perfectionists is that they are very comfortable in their practice routines, but not as comfortable in competition–for many different reasons. One reason is they are confident in their practice, … Sport Psychology Article…

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…

Why Your Game Changes From Practice To Competition

Sports Psychology Podcast

In this week’s sports psychology podcast, mental game of sports expert, Dr. Patrick Cohn, answers a mental toughness question from one of his readers on how to perform as well in soccer games as well as his practice. This athlete is loose and has fun in practice, but struggles with negative thinking in games. Sports psychology expert, Dr. … Sport Psychology Article…