{"id":3865,"date":"2015-05-18T17:56:23","date_gmt":"2015-05-18T17:56:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports_psychology_blog\/?p=3865"},"modified":"2025-07-29T08:01:23","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T12:01:23","slug":"mental-rehearsal-for-athletes-peaksports-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/mental-rehearsal-for-athletes-peaksports-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Mental Rehearsal For Athletes &#8211; Peaksports Video"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Mental_Imagery_In_Sports\"><\/span>Mental Imagery In Sports<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\/mental-rehearsal-for-athletes-peaksports-video\/#Mental_Imagery_In_Sports\" >Mental Imagery In Sports<\/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\/mental-rehearsal-for-athletes-peaksports-video\/#Related_Sports_Psychology_Articles\" >Related Sports Psychology Articles<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/mental-rehearsal-for-athletes-peaksports-video\/#Sports_Psychology_Coaching_for_Athletes\" >Sports Psychology Coaching for Athletes<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/mental-rehearsal-for-athletes-peaksports-video\/#Or_Call_888-742-7225\" >Or Call: 888-742-7225<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<p>In &#8220;Sessions with Doc,&#8221; Dr. Patrick Cohn answers your sports psychology and mental training questions about how to use visualization for athletes in competition. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this week&#8217;s Session With Doc, Dr. Cohn answers a question about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=R31gYCKxWLA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"how to use mental rehearsal or visualization for competition:\"><strong>how to use mental rehearsal or visualization for competition:<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>DR. COHN: &#8220;Here&#8217;s the question that I received from Tory. Tory said, &#8216;I usually try to <strong>visualize<\/strong> myself performing my routines perfectly. However, after reading your emails, I&#8217;m thinking that this might not be as constructive as I thought. Should I be doing this?'&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch the video below to hear what Dr. Cohn has to say to Tory about her <strong>mental game. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-02e5c420\">\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How To Use Visualization For Athletes: Sports Psychology Video\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/R31gYCKxWLA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Video on Mental Imagery <\/strong><\/p>\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\" id=\"block-979ef383-5bc7-43ee-b8f9-249663ca1a6c\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Related_Sports_Psychology_Articles\"><\/span>Related Sports Psychology Articles<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul id=\"block-05642731-8752-4dbf-9c18-5cc4d276e821\" class=\"wp-block-list has-normal-font-size\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/routines-vs-superstitions-for-athletes\/\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/how-to-use-mental-imagery-for-greater-success-in-sports\/\">How to Use Mental Imagery for Greater Success in Sports<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/how-olympians-use-mental-imagery-to-improve-success\/\"><strong>How Olympians Use Mental Imagery To Improve Success<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/mental-imagery-can-improve-athletic-performance\/\"><strong>How Mental Imagery Can Improve Athletic Performance<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\" id=\"block-5726d13f-f715-4ca4-8813-2f8a9ebd8bc3\">*Subscribe to&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/sports-psychology-podcast-by-peaksports-com\/id152566009\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Sports Psychology Podcast<\/a>&nbsp;<\/strong>on iTunes<br>*Subscribe to <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/0ynyaalKxbnNmsoeL8gF5X?si=8224669de9b3435b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>The Sports Psychology Podcas<\/strong>t<\/a> on Spotify<br>*Subscribe to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@peakperformancesports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>Peak Performance Sports on Youtube<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\" id=\"block-281f5afb-980b-4c71-9aa0-11d606b5f7c9\"><strong>Download a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/mental-toughness-report-athletes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">free sports psychology report<\/a>&nbsp;to improve your mental game!<\/strong><\/p>\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\" id=\"sports-psychology-coaching-for-athletes\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Sports_Psychology_Coaching_for_Athletes\"><\/span>Sports Psychology Coaching for Athletes<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/brochure-conferencing.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13276\" style=\"width:174px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/brochure-conferencing.png 200w, https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/brochure-conferencing-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>For athletes who want faster results with their mental game. 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