Month: August 2022

How to Increase Consistency in Competition?

Learning from Loses

Positive Mental Approach to Maintaining Consistency What are the keys to greater consistency in sports performances? Many factors, such as injuries, over training, lack of preparation, unrealistic expectations, contribute to inconsistency. Each of these factors is impacted by your thoughts. Your thoughts heading into a competition affect your confidence, focus, and performance. The following are thoughts that contribute … Sport Psychology Article…

Helping Soccer Players Who are Self-Critical

Sports Psychology Podcast

In this sports psychology podcast, Dr. Cohn helps parents on how to address the self-critical mindset of their daughter when receiving feedback from her coach. Here is the question, Dr. Cohn answers in this episode: Sports Parent: EVAN: “My daughter is a 14-year-old soccer player with a lot of natural ability. But I think that she struggles with her mental … Sport Psychology Article…

How to Build Team Confidence

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Teamwork, Confidence, and Team Success What is the main ingredient in team success? Just as individual success requires confidence, team success revolves around team confidence. Team confidence is comprised of each player believing that the team has the necessary skills to accomplish their goals, such as winning a tournament, beating a rival, or making the playoffs. High team … Sport Psychology Article…

Mental Game Keys to Take Your Practice to Competition – Video

Sports Psychology Video

In this video, you learn sports psychology strategies to take your practice game to competition Do you play more tentatively in matches compared to practice? Watch this video to learn how to play your “normal” game when you go from practice to matches? Video on Taking Practice Game to Competition Related Sports Psychology Articles *Subscribe to The Sports Psychology … Sport Psychology Article…

Evaluating Performance and Maintaining Confidence

Keeping your Confidence at a Consistent Level Are you highly self-critical after a competition? Does your confidence drop after competing? Many athletes pick apart their performance, no matter how well they perform.  These athletes create a mental laundry list of every little aspect they didn’t perform at the highest level. You don’t need to be a perfectionist to … Sport Psychology Article…