Month: July 2020

To Grow Confidence Post Competition Criticism Needs to Stop

Sports Psychology Podcast

Athletes Who Are Highly Critical Post-Game Do you or your athletes only focus on mistakes after competition? Do you criticize your performance instead of learn from it? Or do you disqualify the positive? Perfectionist athletes can be extremely hard on themselves after they compete, which hurts their confidence. These athletes focus on the mistakes, mishaps, bad plays, and what they SHOULD have done … Sport Psychology Article…

How to Be Your Own Best Friend in Sports

Sports Psychology Video

Sports Confidence Buster #10 Do you beat yourself up after competitions and only focus on your mistakes? Self-criticism hurts an athlete but the effect of criticism is doubled when it comes from within the athlete’s mind. Being self-critical is the quickest way to shatter confidence. Many times, athletes describe themselves as being their own biggest critic. This mindset … Sport Psychology Article…

Do You Need to Stop Judging Your Performance?

Sports Psychology Podcast

Overcoming Highly Judgemental Behaviors One of the qualities of perfectionist athletes is the fact that they judge their performance extremely harshly. They are very self-critical. Very high level perfectionists want their performance to look good and feel good in order to get the desired results. When they don’t get these results they feel they aren’t performing up to … Sport Psychology Article…

Performing Well Despite a Poor Warm Up

Sports Psychology Video

Sports Confidence Buster #9 Do you (or your athletes) have to perform well in warm ups to feel confident at the start of competition? I’m sure you build confidence from lots of practice and training. But what happens to your confidence when you don’t perform up to your expectations during the the warm up? This is a common … Sport Psychology Article…