Are You Mentally Tough After An Injury? Are you mentally tough after you’ve had “time off” from competing due to an injury? Recall a time when an injury interrupted your season… Sport injuries have both physical and psychological challenges. Injured athletes experience a wide range of intense emotions such as depression, anxiety, stress, shock, lack of confidence and … Sport Psychology Article…
Perfectionism In Athletes When competing, do you hold yourself to the standard of perfection? If you hit a bad shot or make a bad play… do you put yourself down? Does your performance steadily spiral downward? Has there been a time when competing and you placed so much pressure on yourself to play the perfect game or have … Sport Psychology Article…
Does A Poor Mental Game Have You Locked Up? Do you or your athletes perform better if you can “get out of your own way” during competition? You might be thinking: What does it mean to get out of your own way? When athletes can’t get out of their own way, the mind is interfering with physical talent… … Sport Psychology Article…
Unfortunately, many athletes view sports psychology as a quick fix for helping them get out of a slump or back on track with their performance. If you look at mental training as a quick fix, you won’t realize your potential with a strong mental game. Your mental game must be cultivated and tweaked every day just like you … Sport Psychology Article…
In this week’s sports psychology podcast, mental game of sports expert, Dr. Patrick Cohn, interviews psychologist Joan Steidinger about her approach to working with female athletes as a sports psychologist. She specializes in working with female athletes and the mental game. Sports psychology expert, Dr. Patrick Cohn and Dr. Joan Steidinger discuss the challenges in sports for female … Sport Psychology Article…
Tim Tebow and Success Tim Tebow is known as the best college football player to every play the game. He was the first college player to rush and pass for twenty or more touchdowns in a single season, and the first sophomore player to win the Heisman Trophy. He had great success in college leading his team to … Sport Psychology Article…