{"id":567,"date":"2010-02-03T02:22:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-03T02:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports_psychology_blog\/?p=567"},"modified":"2025-06-16T02:39:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T06:39:09","slug":"how-to-be-and-effective-mental-game-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/how-to-be-and-effective-mental-game-coach\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Be and Effective 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_Professional_Program\"><\/span>Mental Game Coaching Professional Program<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\/how-to-be-and-effective-mental-game-coach\/#Mental_Game_Coaching_Professional_Program\" >Mental Game Coaching Professional Program<\/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\/how-to-be-and-effective-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-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/how-to-be-and-effective-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>I&#8217;ve receive a lot of questions from both <strong>sports psychology<\/strong> students and professionals who want to do mental coaching with athletes. Here&#8217;s a recent example:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8220;I completed my MS in sport psychology and am currently finishing my doctorate in clinical psychology. I&#8217;m wondering if you have any tips that would help me get from where I am as a grad student to where you are&#8230;&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When I was a grad student at The University of Virginia in the late 80s, I was told to do as much research as I could so I could publish journal articles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, that only served the needs of the University and not my career as an applied <strong>mental game coach<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Advisors pushed students to publish journal articles. I did that more than any other student at the time. I published four journal articles as a graduate student.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">___________________________________<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">MGCP Spring 2010 Course Update<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Late registration for the Spring 2010 MGCP course,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">starting this month, ends February 8, 2010.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">____________________________________<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Publishing journal articles is a great goal, if you want to teach <strong>sports psychology<\/strong> at a University. I did teach until I discovered my passion for working with athletes on the mental game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I left teaching and started Peak Performance Sports after teaching for two years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I did not take the clinical psychology route. Instead, I earned a doctorate in exercise science and kinesiology (fancy terms today for physical education). So the clinical route is a different from the track I did.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But I think the most important key to success as a <strong>mental coach<\/strong> is being effective with athletes and helping them succeed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Why? If you are successful with one athlete, he&#8217;ll tell others about how you helped. Word of mouth is very powerful, especially in our work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>But how can you be effective with athletes when you are still a student or just out of school?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>You must have a *system* for doing mental coaching with athletes.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You must ask the right questions to help you understand your student&#8217;s mental game needs.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You must be effective with your students &#8211; help them improve the mental game as they improve their physical game.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You must know how to help your athletes apply mental skills education to competition.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You must work within the framework of team coaches to get access to athletes.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>I teach you all my secrets for being an effective mental game coach in my MGCP certification program. We have a new course starting this month&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We need to act fact. Late registration ends February 8, 2010. Learn my complete system for doing <strong>mental coaching<\/strong> with athletes!<\/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 Application <\/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>Note: The first five people to lock in their seats will get preference.<\/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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>p.s. I&#8217;d like to share a statement from an MGCP grad about the course:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Dr. Cohn&#8217;s MGCP certification program was exactly what I needed. I searched long and hard to find a program just like this. His specialized MGCP training and certification program provided me with the extra &#8220;edge&#8221; and mental game tools I needed to expand my practice into sports and improve my mental coaching<br>programs for athletes.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>~John R. 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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. Thank you so much.\u201d<br><\/em><strong>~Julia Dreyer, National Champion Equestrian<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mental Game Coaching Professional Program I&#8217;ve receive a lot of questions from both sports psychology students and professionals who want to do mental coaching with athletes. Here&#8217;s a recent example: &#8220;I completed my MS in sport psychology and am currently finishing my doctorate in clinical psychology. 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