Mental toughness articles for athletes and performers to improve mental toughness in sports
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…
Improve Your Mental Toughness for Sports Performance Many athletes search for the answer for how to become “mentally tough” and many athlete don’t know how to cultivate it. Even worse, many athletes and coaches don’t know what mental toughness is and how it can help their performance. Athletes hear professional athletes and Olympians espouse the virtues of mental … Sport Psychology Article…
What Does it Take to Win? Most athletes and spectators assume the most talented team or athletes should always win. Maybe they should, but that’s not always the case. Even is your team is superior, results are not a foregone conclusion… Often, the mentally tough team wins out. I’m sure you played a superior opponent, but pulled off … Sport Psychology Article…
The Clipper’s Mental Toughness What could you accomplish in your sport if you increased your mental toughness by just 1%? One percent may sound like a small percentage, but your performance would improve exponentially. Imagine sinking that game winning basket… or sticking the landing after a solid beam routine… or just playing to your abilities instead of being … Sport Psychology Article…