Mental Performance Articles

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

Do You Seek Instant Gratification or Trust the Process?

Athletes Who are Superstars

The Instant Gratification Trap & its Negative Impact Do you become frustrated when you don’t see results immediately? Sometimes, athletes expect too much, too quickly. These athletes believe increased efforts will have an immediate impact on their results. For example, a baseball pitcher spends a lot of time working with a pitching coach to add another pitch to … Sport Psychology Article…

How to Have Stable Confidence

Goals

Playing With More Confidence in Competition What is stable confidence? What is fragile confidence? Is winning or performing well the best way to gain confidence? If you consider winning as the only source of confidence, you will have fragile or “roller coaster confidence.” Roller coaster confidence is when your belief depends on winning or performing well in the … Sport Psychology Article…

Creating a Healthy Experience for Young Athletes

Having More fun in Sports

How to Become a Well-Rounded Athlete How do you become a well-rounded athlete? What ways help to gain overall physical strength? How can you prevent burnout at an early age? The answer to these questions is the same… Variety. Many young athletes and parents believe more is better. Young athletes specialize in a sport at an early age. … Sport Psychology Article…