Performing At Your Peak After a Bad Warm-Up A bad practice, right before a major competition… How in the world can you get back on track? How can you focus when this week was a disaster? This is an issue for many figure skaters… Several falls in practice or warm-up just before a major competition can mess with … Sport Psychology Article…
Improving Your Confidence to Play at Your Peak What is the most important tool for athletes? Imagine a golfer about to tee off to start a round with a bent driver in hand… Or a tennis player on the court without tennis shoes… Or a baseball player starting their game without a glove… Starting a competition with damaged … Sport Psychology Article…
Bring Your Batting Practice To Games In “Mental Training Sessions with Doc,” Dr. Patrick Cohn answers your sports psychology and mental training questions about how to bring your practice game to competition and how to determine what’s throwing your focus off before game time. Visit Peaksports.com and click on contact us to submit your question for Dr. Cohn … Sport Psychology Article…
Oregon’s Mentality Against UConn Have you ever played a team that was so dominant you questioned your chances to pull out a victory? Facing a team that has demonstrated dominance for a long period of time can cause many players to resign themselves to the predetermined fate of losing. Let’s face it… if you play long enough, you … Sport Psychology Article…
Developing Self-Confidence In Sports Self-confidence is one of the most important mental skills in sports. Self-confidence is the belief in your ability to perform well. Without confidence, you cannot fire on all cylinders and perform your best in competition. Many athletes talk about losing confidence as if it’s something that is out of their control. These athletes allow … Sport Psychology Article…
How Important Is Confidence For Athletes? Every athlete and coach knows how important confidence is for peak athletic performance… But too many athletes I work with have fragile or unsteady confidence–they ride the confidence roller-coaster. Athletes who have fragile confidence can’t achieve their potential. Here are a few of the top confidence killers. Confidence suffers when you: Do … Sport Psychology Article…