Sports Psychology Articles for Athletes and Performers

Staying Focused on the Task at Hand with Simon Hartley

Sports Psychology Podcast

Mental game of sports expert, Dr. Patrick Cohn interviews Simon Hartley, a sports psychologist who works with gold medalists and world record holders. Simon talks about how to stay focused on the task at hand instead of results. Learn why the most successful athletes in the world focus more on doing their personal best and less on the … Sport Psychology Article…

Understanding the Mental Game with Jared Wood

Sports Psychology Podcast

In this week’s sports psychology podcast, mental game of sports expert, Dr. Patrick Cohn, interviews Jared Wood, a Sports Psychologist, about his approach to working with athletes. Sports psychology expert, Dr. Patrick Cohn and Jared Wood discuss how athletes can apply the mental game skills they already know. Jared discusses how he makes the mental game relatable to … Sport Psychology Article…

Assessing Your Mental Toughness with Dr. Mike Aisenberg

Sports Psychology Podcast

In this week’s sports psychology podcast, mental game of sports expert, Dr. Patrick Cohn, interviews coach Dr. Mike Aisenberg. Dr. Aisenberg talks about using assessments with his athletes to better understand their style of personality. He explains how he uses these assessments to better understand the athlete in order to help them with their mental game. Dr. Cohn … Sport Psychology Article…

Keeping Confidence is Half the Battle for Athletes

Sports Confidence

How to Keep your Confidence If self-confidence is the name of the game in sports, it’s critical that you (or your players) learn how to grow – or at the very least – keep your confidence after each competition, the very confidence you have worked so hard to develop. But, here’s the deal: Keeping your hard-earn confidence is … Sport Psychology Article…

How Kids Can Overcome Frustration – Video

Peak Sports Video of The Week

Ask Doc Sports psychology expert, Dr. Patrick Cohn of Peak Performance Sports, LLC answers a mental game question from a baseball sports parent in a new series titled, “Ask Doc.” This parent wants to know how to help his athlete deal with frustration and not check out when he makes mistakes. This is a very common question from … Sport Psychology Article…

How Sports Psychology Applies to Business and Sports

Sports and Business

Did you know that sports psychology can be applied to any performance situation and not just sports? For example, I’ve done business seminars for big companies such as Beyer and Alcon Labs to help give their employees the mental edge. Recently, I coached an independent businessman, Bob, about his challenges with the mental game (this was a free … Sport Psychology Article…