Develop the Shooter’s Mentality In sports psychology, we find that a lot of athletes struggle with confidence after making mistakes–especially after missing a shot or other performance indicator in a competition. These athletes struggle with a fear of making mistakes and tend to choke up when under pressure in games or matches. As a result,
Sports Confidence Buster #8 Confidence is 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
Coping with a Bad Performance Bad performances can linger for a long time with some athletes. You can probably relate to how profoundly a bad game, routine or competition can hurt future performances… There are many examples in sports where just one bad performance can set off a domino effect… A baseball player who strikes
Youth Sports Psychology expert Dr. Patrick Cohn of Kids’ Sports Psychology, explains how to help athletes who become frustrated during competition and one mental game strategy that can help kids have more fun. Help young athletes cope better with high expectations so they can reap the many benefits of improved composed during competition. Keep kids
Tennis players learn how to cope with mistakes and not dwell on mistakes. Welcome to session number thirty four of The Tennis Psychology Podcast. Dr. Patrick Cohn at Sports Psychology for Tennis, is a mental game of tennis expert and helps tournament players, tennis coaches and parents improve confidence, focus, and composure using sports psychology