Mental Game Coaching
Not all athletes follow the mental coaching lessons you teach them…
Today tip is based on a question I received from my mental game coach survey and the challenges mental coaches face.
Here’s the question:
“How do you motivate the athletes you coach to follow through and actually practice what you teach?”
Wow! This question pinpoints a critical concept in sports psychology: How do you get your athletes to
practice the mental skills you teach and not throw it all away?
It’s much, much harder to be successful with your athletes when they fail to apply the lessons to practice–and eventually to competition.
Here are a few examples of what can get in the way of athletes’ application of your lessons:
(1) Athletes don’t know how to apply the mental game.
(2) Athletes are just looking for a quick fix.
(3) Athletes are distracted or busy with other issues in life, such as school.
(4) Athletes abandon what you teach them if it does not work immediately (the first day).
What’s the solution?
How can you help you athletes practice and apply the Mental game skills they learn?
Here are 4 tips:
(1) Structure your mental game programs so they know it’s not a quick fix.
(2) I lecture to my students that they are responsible for the REAL learning that takes place in practice and competition after each lesson.
(3) You can provide summary tools and pregame routines to help them transfer the mental game to their sport, which I teach in the MGCP course.
(4) You can use technology today to help remind them of their mental game tasks. For example, you can use Mp3 audio recordings to remind them of their tasks.
You can help your athletes’ improve their success when they know how to practice and apply the mental game every day…
My MGCPs understand this concept and have the tools to help athletes apply the mental game.
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If you have not done so, please complete an application at the MGCP website:
Mental Game Coaching Professional Application
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Note: The first five people to lock in their seats will get preference.
Please call me at 888-742-7225 if you have any questions about the summer course. Or check the website:
Mental Game Coaching Professional Certification
Sincerely,
Patrick J. Cohn, Ph.D.
p.s. On a side note, I’ll be opening the mental coach mastermind group for new members this summer. Learn how to grow your mental coaching practice. More details to follow.
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Master mental game coach, Dr. Patrick Cohn, can help you or your athlete(s), ages 12 and up, overcome mental game issues with personal coaching.
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What are our students saying?
“WOW!!! What a week I had. I was able to perform with a confidence that allowed my style to shine through–no more entering the arena with that “deer in the headlights” look or feeling. I stopped evaluating myself while I was performing, and I actually left the arena after my patterns feeling like I had experienced a lot of fun. Thank you so much.”
~Julia Dreyer, National Champion Equestrian