Confidence in sports, tips, and strategies for athletes, performers, sports parents, to improve performance.
How to Deal with a Coach Yelling Nobody likes it when coaches yell at them. Coaches should treat their athletes with respect. Unfortunately, events don’t always unfold as we would like. Coaches who yell feel as if it is a wake-up call and the best way to deliver feedback or instructions. Most of these coaches have no idea … Sport Psychology Article…
What is a ‘Sophomore Slump’ in Sports? A “sophomore slump” is when an athlete performs worse in their second season than in their first season. Sophomore slump is often used to “explain” why a player struggles to maintain their high level of performance after a strong rookie year. In such scenarios, the sophomore slump seems to take on … Sport Psychology Article…
How Do you Win in Team Sports? The Short Answer is “As a Team.” That may sound a little bit trite, but it is absolutely true. How many times has your team played a game when a key player or top scorer was unavailable? Did the absence of that player cause you anxiety before the competition? Did it … Sport Psychology Article…
What Do You Do When Called the Underdog? Do you embrace the underdog role when most people predict you will lose a competition? When you are the underdog, you have two choices: believing you can win or believing you will lose. If you believe you are going to lose, your body and mind will likely follow suit. You … Sport Psychology Article…
How to Keep Improving as an Athlete Have you heard the saying, “If you keep doing the same thing over and over, you will keep getting the same results”? The quote emphasizes that you must take a different approach or change your behavior if you want different results. At points in your athletic career, you will experience plateaus. … Sport Psychology Article…
What is the Key to Having Game-Changing Confidence? Some athletes seem to ooze confidence. They appear unfazed during championship games, in the final minutes of a contest, or when trailing late in a game. Why do these athletes have unwavering confidence? Is there something in their DNA that generates confidence? Confidence is unequivocally not genetic. If you believe … Sport Psychology Article…