Coaches Who Distract Athletes by Yelling In “Sports Psychology Sessions with Doc,” Dr. Patrick Cohn answers a question from Mark about dealing with coaches who constantly yell instructions during games. What can you do if your athlete is highly confused by a coach that wants to yell constant instructions during games? Mark wrote in and said: “How do … Sport Psychology Article…
The Shooter’s Mentality Confidence is a a must if you or your athletes want to perform at their peak. However, confidence can be very fragile for some athletes… Too often, after athletes miss a shot, drop a ball, mess up a tumbling pass or make some other mistake, they judge their performance and dwell on the mistake over … Sport Psychology Article…
How Mentally Tough Athletes Deal With Adversity Is your mental toughness challenged when you have to perform under adverse circumstances? If you want to perform your best, you’ll need to learn how to anticipate and cope with challenges. Coping means having a way to respond to adversity so you can perform with a level head. Sports has its … Sport Psychology Article…
How McIlroy Overcame Putting Woes Your mindset, or your attitudes and beliefs about your ability to perform in a wide range of circumstances, shapes everything concerning your golf game. Mindset affects how you play when you are: under pressure, leading a tournament, facing adversity, injured, having a bad day on the greens, etc. A negative mindset may make … Sport Psychology Article…
Helping Athletes Bounce Back From Failure Making mistakes messes with many athletes’ minds. You see it all the time and you probably have experienced it to some degree. You have trained hard for this one competition… You dedicated yourself to your sport… You pushed yourself to the limit in practice… You refined your technique… You feel confident as … Sport Psychology Article…
Mental Toughness is The Key to Comebacks Is it possible to become mentally tough or is mental toughness only something reserved for elite athletes? What can mental toughness do for you? To start, how many 8 year-old athletes are described as mentally tough? Probably none. That’s because mental toughness is not a genetic trait but a skill set … Sport Psychology Article…