{"id":560,"date":"2010-02-03T02:21:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-03T02:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports_psychology_blog\/?p=560"},"modified":"2025-06-16T02:40:54","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T06:40:54","slug":"credibility-factors-as-a-mental-game-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/credibility-factors-as-a-mental-game-coach\/","title":{"rendered":"Credibility Factors as a Mental Game Coach"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/MGCP.jpg\" alt=\"MGCP Logo\" class=\"wp-image-6418\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/MGCP.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/MGCP-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Mental_Game_Coaching_Professionals\"><\/span>Mental Game Coaching Professionals<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\/credibility-factors-as-a-mental-game-coach\/#Mental_Game_Coaching_Professionals\" >Mental Game Coaching Professionals<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/credibility-factors-as-a-mental-game-coach\/#PS_Heres_a_quote_from_a_recent_MGCP_grad_about_the_course\" >P.S. Here&#8217;s a quote from a recent MGCP grad about the course:<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/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\/credibility-factors-as-a-mental-game-coach\/#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-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/credibility-factors-as-a-mental-game-coach\/#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>Your credibility as a <strong>mental game coach<\/strong> is critical to your coaching success. Many budding mental coaches ask me if having a higher degree, such as a Ph.D. in education or psychology is important to credibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s not as important as you may think, but establishing yourself as a credible mental game coach will help you get more work with athletes and teams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you lack credibility as an authority in <strong>sports psychology<\/strong> or mental coaching, athletes are less willing to engage your services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I spent more than 10 years of trial and error during my career to learn what helped me gain credibility as a mental coach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the challenges to becoming an authority has more to do with society\u2019s views of <strong>sports psychology<\/strong> than your competency as a mental game coach&#8230;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So you have to help your audience overcome this barrier to credibility. Any practice or discipline associated with psychology (such as sports psychology) carries a negative stigma by many people today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Why? <strong>Sports psychology<\/strong> is still not well understood or accepted by a large percent of the athletic world. Just compare sports psychology to other performance enhancement disciplines such as functional or sports-specific training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I think most of the resistance to accepting sports psychology comes from a lack of understanding about its real role in performance enhancement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to the lack of knowledge and acceptance that still exists today about <strong>sports psychology<\/strong>, you\u2019ll find other roadblocks to working with athletes and teams&#8230;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Athletes want to know: What have you done for others?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My core philosophy is that your success with working with athletes often defines your credibility with potential students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I don\u2019t think your degree defines your credibility as much as your track record for helping athletes improve their <strong>mental game<\/strong> and performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Want to learn my system for helping athletes reach their potential? Join the Spring 2010 MGCP program starting soon!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have not done so, please complete an application at the MGCP website:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mentalgamecoachingpro.com\/apply-mgcp-sports-psychology-certification\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>MGCP Website <\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have already submitted your MGCP application, please email me to request the Spring 2010 enrollment forms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Note: The first five people to lock in their seats will get preference.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please call me at 888-742-7225 if you have any questions about the course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Your Master Mental Game Coach,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Patrick J. Cohn, Ph.D., Master Mental Game Coach<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"PS_Heres_a_quote_from_a_recent_MGCP_grad_about_the_course\"><\/span>P.S. 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Call us toll free at <strong>888-742-7225<\/strong> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/contact-peak-performance-sports\/\"><strong>contact us<\/strong><\/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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