Do You Place High Expectations On Your Young Athletes? In “Mental Training Sessions with Doc,” Dr. Patrick Cohn answers your sports psychology and mental training questions about sports parents who pressure their kids. Visit Peaksports.com and click on contact us to submit your question for Dr. Cohn to answer in his mental game videocast or
The Mindset When Closing Out Games Some athletes want the ball in their hand in the closing seconds of a game while other athletes pray the fate of the game doesn’t fall upon their shoulders as time ticks down. Which category do you fall into? Some athletes are overwhelmed by performance anxiety and have great
Clipperton’s Mental Game Have you been under-performing in competitions? Do you feel stuck and discouraged about your lack of improvement in your sport? When you feel you are producing subpar performances, you are left feeling emotionally-drained discouraged and doubtful as to whether you have what it takes to make it in your sport. What is
Spieth’s Mental Game Collapse At Masters At the Masters this past weekend, I’m sure you saw that Jordan Spieth was leading by 5 shots with 9 holes to play during Sunday’s final round. He then went on to bogey 10 and 11. At the 12th hole he had a disaster, some people called it the
Bring Your Batting Practice To Games In “Mental Training Sessions with Doc,” Dr. Patrick Cohn answers your sports psychology and mental training questions about how to bring your practice game to competition and how to determine what’s throwing your focus off before game time. Visit Peaksports.com and click on contact us to submit your question
6 Steps for Pregame Mental Preparation Do you know that the warm up routine is also a time to become mentally prepared for the game? What mental game strategies help you get mentally ready before a game? When I ask my athletes: what’s your pregame routine? Most will answer this by describing their physical warm