basketball psychology

Mental Game & Confidence in Basketball

Video Of The Week

Do You Struggle With Confidence After a Bad Warmup? In “Sports Psychology Sessions with Doc,” Dr. Patrick Cohn answers sports psychology questions from athletes, parents and coaches. Visit Sports Psychology for Athletes at Peaksports.com and click on contact us to submit your mental game questions for Dr. Cohn to answer in his mental game videocast

Princeton Women’s Basketball: The Process of Being Undefeated

Process Focus

Focus On The Process In college sports, outcomes are everything. It’s all about wins and losses, your record, your score or your time. If outcomes are so important to sports, why do so many sport psychologists, coaches and athletes talk about the dangers of focusing on the outcome? Why do we constantly hear of the

The Miami Heat: A Mindset for Consistent Success

Consistent Success

The Key to Consistent Success Winning a team championship is the crowning moment of achievement within any sport. It is often easier to reach the pinnacle than to stay there. When your team is at the top of the heap, opposing teams seek to dethrone the current “champs” and will take more risk in order

Instilling Mental Toughness in the Chicago Bulls

Mental Toughness

Becoming Mentally Tough Can you coach a team, let alone an athlete to develop “mental toughness?”  When we think of teaching mental toughness, we conjure up images of football coaches driving their athletes during two-a-days in the heat of summer or basketball coaches running sprints at the end of practice until athletes are practically retch.