Pressure in Sports for Athletes

Does Pressure Affect Your Performance During Competitions?

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What Is Pressure? The term “pressure” dominates the headlines of sporting events. Athletes often report feeling so much pressure during major competitions that they find it difficult to perform when it matters most. If pressure has such an impact on performance, ignoring its presence will only feed it. By understanding the process of pressure, you can better prepared … Sport Psychology Article…

Using Pressure to Succeed in Sports: Dr. Robert Kriegel

Sports Psychology Podcast

In this week’s sports psychology podcast, mental game of sports expert, Dr. Patrick Cohn interviews Dr. Robert Kriegel about his approach to mental coaching. This podcast is a special preview of one of 14 interviews with nationally recognized top sports psychologists. In this excerpt, Dr. Kriegel talks about pressure and how athletes can use this pressure. He also … Sport Psychology Article…

Do You Crumble Under Pressure In Sports?

Sports Psychology Podcast

In this week’s sports psychology podcast, mental game of sports expert, Dr. Patrick Cohn, answers a question from an athlete who feels tense and nervous under extreme pressure when competing. This causes her performance to suffer. Learn how to excel under pressure in sports! Listen to this month’s sports psychology podcast to learn how to improve your performance … Sport Psychology Article…

How Athletes Can Perform Well Under Pressure

Sports Psychology Podcast

In this week’s sports psychology podcast, mental game of sports expert, Dr. Patrick Cohn, interviews Dr. Todd Kays, president of Athletic Mind Institute in Dublin, Ohio. Dr. Kays is a licensed psychologist and devoted to helping athletes and people of all walks of life achieve peak performance. He is the co-author of Sports Psychology For Dummies. Learn more … Sport Psychology Article…

Perform Under Pressure When College Coaches Are Watching

Sports Psychology Podcast

In this week’s sports psychology podcast, mental game of sports expert, Dr. Patrick Cohn, interviews Jen Croneberger, founder and CEO of Excellence Training Camps as well as the president of JLynn Consulting Group LLC. Jen is a softball coach at the college level and has worked in the area of a mental game coach for high school, collegiate, … Sport Psychology Article…

How Criticism Can Affect Athletes’ Mental Game

Pressure in Sports

No Athlete is Immune to Criticism and Pressure How you respond to pressure is what separates great athletes from average ones. Going into the 2011 Women’s World Cup, Birgit Prinz was the name on everybody’s lips. Prinz was the leading scorer in World Cup history with an impressive 14 goals, was named the FIFA world women’s player of … Sport Psychology Article…