Sports psychology coach tips and mental performance coaching for athletes, parents, and coaches to improve performance and consistency.
How to be a Team Player Like Kevin Durant Summary: Kevin Durant showed what it means to be a team player by taking a $10 million pay cut to keep the Golden State Warriors’ championship roster together. His unselfish decision allowed key teammates to stay and helped the team remain strong. Durant proves that success … Sport Psychology Article>>
How to Keep an Even Keel During Competition Summary Maintaining an even keel in competition is essential for consistent performance. Emotional highs and lows can derail your game if you let them control your focus. By recognizing triggers, changing reactions to negative events, staying consistent in your approach, keeping a balanced perspective, and mastering your … Sport Psychology Article>>
How Over Generalizations Keep Athletes Stuck It’s very easy for athletes to dwell on the past and carry it into the present, especially if their performance was not ideal. When athletes dwell on past performances, they tend to feel less confident. They also worry that the same mistakes will repeat themselves. When you are focused … Sport Psychology Article>>
Dr. Patrick Cohn answers a question from Alex, who wants to know how he can close out a match when winning. Visit Sports Psychology for Athletes at Peaksports.com and click on contact us to submit your mental game question. Why do some tennis players sabotage themselves when leading a match or set and eventually end … Sport Psychology Article>>
Sports Psychology Strategies Are sports psychology exercises valuable to athletes and coaches? Yes, they should be part of your mental training program. However, many athletes are not familiar with what sports psychologists and mental game experts do. Doing exercises in sports psychology is much more than visualization and goals seeing. Can these exercises help athletes? … Sport Psychology Article>>
Mental Rehearsal in Sports Many athletes and coaches think that sports psychologists only teach mental imagery and goals setting. But this is not really the case. Mental imagery has a place in sport psychology, but it’s only about two percent of what we teach athletes at Peak Performance Sports. Weather you know it or not, … Sport Psychology Article>>