In this week’s sports psychology podcast, mental game of sports expert, Dr. Patrick Cohn, answers a question from a sport-parent regarding his 15 year old daughter who has been asked to change her technique and as a result, has lost confidence.
Mental game coach Dr. Cohn helps parents and athletes understand the challenges of recieving conflicting instruction from coaches and the affect it may have on confidence.
Dr. Cohn discusses how to approach this issue. He also talks about why developing a new technique takes time and patience.
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Firstly, I love the podcast and it is how I connected to this website. It should be mentioned that another attribute that adds to the frustration is the loose adaptation that it takes ‘10,000 hours to perfect a move.’ A more accurate statement would be to replace “hours” with “reps” and to qualify it a bit further, “quality reps.” As a coach who travels the country doing camps in my sport, I spend a lot of time talking to athletes and telling them it will be ugly before it gets better but once that (muscle) memory is established it becomes much easier and their patience is what will make or break their efficiency.
As coaches, we also need to be patient and understand the axiom (practice what we preach) and give quick, quality feedback. Let them know when positive changes occur and ignore the mistakes. Tell them what you *want* them to do and not what you *don’t want* them to do.