{"id":38,"date":"2008-03-25T02:24:00","date_gmt":"2008-03-25T02:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports_psychology_blog\/?p=38"},"modified":"2025-06-16T05:12:37","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T09:12:37","slug":"a-mentally-prepared-athlete-is-a-relaxed-athlete","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/a-mentally-prepared-athlete-is-a-relaxed-athlete\/","title":{"rendered":"A Mentally Prepared Athlete is a Relaxed Athlete"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3919\" src=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/relaxed-athlete-small.jpg\" alt=\"1therelaxedathlete\" width=\"184\" height=\"195\"><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Relaxed_Athlete\"><\/span>The Relaxed Athlete<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2><div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 ez-toc-wrap-center counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Article Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #0769bf;color:#0769bf\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #0769bf;color:#0769bf\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/a-mentally-prepared-athlete-is-a-relaxed-athlete\/#The_Relaxed_Athlete\" >The Relaxed Athlete<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/a-mentally-prepared-athlete-is-a-relaxed-athlete\/#Boost_Your_Self-Confidence_With_Mental_Game_Coaching\" >Boost Your Self-Confidence With Mental Game Coaching!<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/a-mentally-prepared-athlete-is-a-relaxed-athlete\/#What_are_our_students_saying\" >What are our students saying?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Wow, the upcoming release of &#8220;The Relaxed Athlete&#8221; has completely swamped me&#8230; and the momentum is so crazy that I can&#8217;t wait for April 1. &#8220;The Relaxed Athlete,&#8221; is the cream of the crop in the Confident Athlete Series. Seriously. I&#8217;m really excited about this puppy &#8211; it will blow your socks off. It&#8217;s loaded with my best pregame strategies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We just finished the workbook and spent two days recording the CDs. Almost out of my hands &#8211; off to the printer and duplicator. The pre-release &#8220;sneak peek&#8221; videos and report has taken over my life, but in a good way. If you missed my preview videos, you can see them here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/mental-toughness-report-athletes\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The bottom line&#8230; I&#8217;m staying up way too late. I am not complaining. All this work and no play is good for my brain. In any case, I wanted to explain why I have combined two programs into one unique program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most of my readers requested that I produce &#8220;The Relaxed Athlete&#8221; over &#8220;The Mentally Prepared Athlete.&#8221; I had several readers ask me, &#8220;Aren&#8217;t these two programs really the same? \u2018The Relaxed Athlete&#8217; would be great, but wouldn&#8217;t being mentally prepared lead to ultimate relaxation?&#8221; This was superb insight and THE reason I value my readers input on the direction of The Confident Athlete series. So, here&#8217;s the 411 on my new program&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You will learn my top mental game strategies to have a poised and relaxed attitude about competition. I do this by helping you develop a mental preparation routine or warm-up routine. So, you learn all my strategies on both fronts &#8211; my top mental preparation strategies. I don&#8217;t want to &#8220;spill the beans&#8221; right now&#8230; but I think you&#8217;re going to be very happy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have a third preview video planned for later this week. I am going to share one cool strategy can literally change your mindset 180 degrees before competition. If you have not seen my first two videos, go here now to watch them:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/mental-toughness-report-athletes\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Patrick J. Cohn, Ph.D.,<br>Master Mental Game Coach<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>p.s. Don&#8217;t forget to download my free PDF report after you check out my preview videos. It&#8217;s called, &#8220;The 10 \u2018Deadly&#8217; Mistakes Athletes Make With Their Pregame Attitude&#8221; You&#8217;ll learn the top 10 mental game mistakes that athletes make prior to competition the top six objectives of your pre-competition preparation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/mental-toughness-report-athletes\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Boost_Your_Self-Confidence_With_Mental_Game_Coaching\"><\/span>Boost Your Self-Confidence With Mental Game Coaching!<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Master mental game coach, Dr. Patrick Cohn, can help you or your athlete(s), ages 12 and up, overcome mental game issues with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sport-psychology-training-athletes\/\">personal coaching<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can work with Dr. Patrick Cohn himself in Orlando, Florida or via Skype, FaceTime, or telephone. Call us toll free at <strong>888-742-7225<\/strong> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/contact-peak-performance-sports\/\">contact us<\/a> for more information about the different coaching programs we offer!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_are_our_students_saying\"><\/span>What are our students saying?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cWOW!!! What a week I had. I was able to perform with a confidence that allowed my style to shine through\u2013no more entering the arena with that \u201cdeer in the headlights\u201d look or feeling. I stopped evaluating myself while I was performing, and I actually left the arena after my patterns feeling like I had experienced a lot of fun. 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