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Sports Psychology Podcast: Helping Athletes Overcome Tentative Performances

Sports Psychology Podcast

In this week’s sports psychology podcast, Dr. Cohn helps a parent whose child stopped taking risks and stopped shotting during basketball games. Sports psychology expert, Dr. Patrick Cohn helps athletes trust their abilities and get into a performance mindset. In this Podcast, Dr. Cohn gives the top mental game strategies to help athletes overcome slumps by taking risks and playing … Sport Psychology Article…

Sports Psychology Podcast: Self-Talk Strategies to Boost Confidence

Sports Psychology Podcast

In this week’s sports psychology podcast, Dr. Cohn helps a boxer improve his confidence with his self-talk. Sports psychology expert, Dr. Patrick Cohn helps athletes boost their confidence and tust to perform their best in competition. Dr. Cohn answers the following mental game question: “One of my boxing students is struggling. If someone has anxiety, very low self- confidence, no trust … Sport Psychology Article…

Golf Psychology Video: Letting Go of Mistakes

Composure in Golf

Keeping Your Composure And Letting Go of Mistakes Do you get upset with poor shots and your frustration causes more mistakes that leads to a string of bogeys? Many of my students struggle with their composure after hitting bad shots. Hitting a bad shot is not what’s costly to your score… A poor reaction to a bad shot … Sport Psychology Article…

Golf Psychology Video: Do You Think About the Target?

Mental Game in Golf

What to Focus on in Golf I just posted my latest golf psychology video. Do you focus on where you want to hit the ball or where you don’t want to hit the ball? I know many of my students focus too much on where not to hit the ball… “Don’t miss the green and have a tough … Sport Psychology Article…

Golfer’s Mental Edge: Keeping Your Confidence After Mistakes

Golf Mentality

The Many Layers of a Quiet Mind in Golf Let’s face it: Golf is a huge mental game… When playing with a lot of confidence, golf is easy, fun, and feels effortless for most players. When playing with no confidence because of mistakes or poor play, a strong mental game is needed most. Your biggest challenge is to … Sport Psychology Article…

Self-Confidence in Sports and The Power of Words

Confident Self-Talk

The Pyramid of Confident Self-Talk The positive feedback for The Peaksports Mental Training Bootcamp is coming in to the office. We packed a room at the Omni hotel for a weekend-long jam session of mental training strategies taught by the top mental coaches in the business.The reason why I am writing today is to tell you about one of … Sport Psychology Article…