Tryouts: What Stops Athletes From Playing Their Best Tryouts or qualify can be an anxious time for many athletes. Whether you are trying out or qualifying for a traveling team, select team, high school team or college team, you need to be on top of your game to have the best chance of earning a spot. Unfortunately, some … Sport Psychology Article…
Playing Aggressive to Keep Your Lead Playing safe rarely works out for athletes. Yet many athletes adopt a cautious mindset when leading late in a competition. For example, a football team has dominated the opposing team for three plus quarters and has a 14-point lead with four minutes remaining… Instead of sticking to their offensive game plan, they … Sport Psychology Article…
Helping Kids Thrive in Sports In this week’s sports psychology podcast, mental game of sports expert, Dr. Patrick Cohn interviews Dr. Kate Lund. Dr. Kate Lund is a licensed clinical psychologist and performance coach with more than 15 years of experience. She has specialized training in medical psychology from Shriners Burn Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital and Beth Israel … Sport Psychology Article…
Staying Confident After A Slow Start Every athlete at some point feels they don’t have “it” today in a competition. You know the feeling, from the onset of a game or meet, you have difficulty getting psyched to compete. You start off slow or with mistakes and can’t seem to get into the flow of the game. You … Sport Psychology Article…
Find Your Zone Focus in Golf Have you ever played a round of golf where, through the first 14 holes everything was going right then, inexplicably, your game went away and couldn’t make a shot? Your tee shots were off line, your short game felt uneasy and you second-guessed every putt… Many golfers don’t understand how their game … Sport Psychology Article…
Does Perfectionism Sabotage Athletes? Is being a perfectionist a good thing? Does perfectionism help an athlete strive for more? Many elite athletes call themselves perfectionists. In fact, many Olympians and top-level professionals attribute their success to being perfectionists. Well, you can’t argue with success, right? If a gold-medalist or an All-Star believes perfectionism helped them achieve the pinnacle … Sport Psychology Article…