Sports psychology articles to improve your mindset for sports and performance by Peak Performance Sports
Preparing to Compete in Poor Weather Do you like competing in the blistering cold? What is your attitude when competing in strong winds? On rainy days, do you find it difficult to focus during competition and mentally concede that you will play poorly? Too often athletes allow poor conditions to detract from their performance.For example, some tennis players … Sport Psychology Article…
How to Implement a Game Plan A game plan only works if you focus on putting your game plan into action during the competition. Having a game plan is necessary. Your game plan is your blueprint for success or strategy to either perform well or win out over the competition. For example, in football, your game plan may … Sport Psychology Article…
Be a Performer, Not a Technician Skate intuitively… What does that even mean? Skaters learn to focus throughout their programs on each element. The often get stuck in a practice mindset and forget to “be a performer.” Overthinking leads to mistakes, falls, under-rotation on jumps and other missteps on the ice. So the argument is this: Should I … Sport Psychology Article…
Rebounding from Mistakes Mindset Your performance has a lot to do with how you handle mistakes during competition. Mistakes are often trip athletes mentally. Many athletes feel peak performance means perfect performance. This mindset causes a lot of negative emotion, in particular frustration, when the inevitable mistake pops up. This leads to a split focus–a focus on the … Sport Psychology Article…
How to Have Proactive Confidence Confidence can gain momentum like a snowball growing in size as it barrels down a hill… But, also, confidence can come crashing down like an avalanche. Slight doubts can creep into your mind and slowly grow in magnitude and infiltrate other parts of your game. At that point, athletes feel less confidence and … Sport Psychology Article…
How to Reach your Peak Performance in Football Peak performance is the result of great preparation and consistent peak performance is the result of consistent mental preparation. Great preparation shouldn’t be reserved for only the most important competitions during a season, yet many athletes prepare for regular season competitions differently than championship competitions. Preparation should be a habit. … Sport Psychology Article…