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…
Be Mentally Prepared to Come Off The Bench The “next man up” mentality has received a lot of attention in team sports recently. This mindset refers to a player stepping in off the bench and contributing to the team’s success. It’s not easy coming off the bench in a middle of competition with little warm-up and quickly jumping … Sport Psychology Article…
What is Mental Coaching? In “Sports Psychology Sessions with Doc,” Dr. Patrick Cohn answers sports psychology questions from athletes, parents and coaches. Are you curious about what happens during a mental training program and what we deliver to athletes, sports parents and coaches? In this video, Dr. Cohn discusses: “What happens in a mental training program? What is … Sport Psychology Article…
What Does it Mean to Be a Team Player? Are you willing to do whatever is needed for the team? Are you a team player? What does being a team player mean to you? Kevin Durant of the Golden State Warriors to a 4-0 win in the championship. And he led the team to a 3-0 lead with … Sport Psychology Article…
Award Winning Sports Psychology Blog Peak Performance Sports was selected by the panelists at Feedspot.com as one of the Top 40 Sports Psychology Blogs on the web! We try to be the leading content provider of sports psychology strategies for athletes, coaches and parents. Every week, we usually post a new article for our blog readers to improve … Sport Psychology Article…
Playing Your Best With a Lead in Golf Have you ever been leading by a comfortable margin heading towards the last few holes only to see your lead dissipate by the 18th hole? Maybe you have played a tournament where you had a 4-stroke plus lead going in to the final round and wound up in a playoff … Sport Psychology Article…