Mental Performance Articles

Sports psychology articles to improve your mindset for sports and performance by Peak Performance Sports

How to Recover Like the Pros After Losses

How to Reach for Your Athletic Potential

Do you Feel Demoralized After a Bad Game? It’s one thing to have a bad game, but a disastrous game can be mentally deflating.  Even worse are consecutive horrible games. When you have back-to-back disastrous performances, those are the times you want to call it quits. For instance, how would you feel if you were a gymnast who … Sport Psychology Article…

How to Turn Negative Criticism into Motivation

Mistake in the Game

What Fuels your Motivation? Wins, personal bests, rewards, awards, and compliments are positive forms of motivation for athletes. When your coaches, teammates, or parents believe in you, you will feel that extra spark to go for it. But what if others don’t believe in you? Can you be motivated by disparaging remarks by others? Some athletes view negative … Sport Psychology Article…

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…

How to Build Team Confidence

team success

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…

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…