How Can You Take Your Game to the Next Level? Basketball players spend hours in the gym taking hundreds of shots. Football players hit the weight room and bench, squat, and dead lift to build physical strength. Golfers tweak their mechanics to find just the right swing. Extra practice and technique refinement help build an athlete’s confidence. Yet, … Sport Psychology Article…
When the Top Dog is No Longer the Top Dog Many athletes have difficulty going from being one of the best on their team to a team where they are fighting for a roster spot or playing time. Transitioning from youth competition to high school, high school to college, or college to the pros can be challenging. Likewise, … Sport Psychology Article…
Do Worrisome Thoughts Affect How you Perform? Do you tend to worry about letting your teammates down or having a bad game? Athletes who worry think too much about past poor performances or possible negative future results. Worrying about something that has yet to happen interferes with an athlete’s ability to perform at their peak. For example, an … Sport Psychology Article…
Do Mistakes and Losses Affect you Mentally? Are you still reliving a past game or a disappointing season? Nothing hurts performance quite as much as reliving mistakes, bad games, or unfortunate results. Focusing on yesterday or even the last minute interferes with your ability to pay attention to the present. When your attention is divided between the past … Sport Psychology Article…
Put in Extra Work After Practice to Become the Best In sports, elite athletes often have unrivaled work ethics. We hear of Olympian athletes who start their training sessions at 5 a.m. or train between 4-6 hours daily. Other athletes are stuck in a rut or hit a plateau. The common sentiment is, “I work so hard throughout … Sport Psychology Article…
What is Keeping You Stuck in A Losing Streak? A slump or losing streak starts as nothing unusual. Every athlete and team occasionally experiences bad games or unproductive performances. So, what turns a few bad games into a performance rut? What commonalities trap a player or team in a cycle of under performance? If you can identify a … Sport Psychology Article…