Defining Your Roles in and Out of Sports Athletes have many roles beyond sports… Every athlete has multiple roles in their lives, such as student, friend, parent, spouse, club member, employee, etc. Each additional role increases the responsibilities placed upon you. And more demands can translate to more pressure. If you are to be successful
Developing Positive Practice Habits “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” This quote is profound and is particularly true for athletes. Yet so many athletes engage in bad practice habits. In baseball, many hitters will not run out ground balls… In gymnastics, many gymnasts will stop their
How to be Mentally Tough in The Face of Adversity Athletes hear about the importance of mental toughness all the time. Successful athletes or teams often attribute mental toughness as the secret sauce that leads to victory. If mental toughness is a key to success, how do athletes develop this key ingredient to success and
In this week’s sports psychology podcast, mental game of sports expert, Dr. Patrick Cohn, interviews Dr. Ronald Mann, sports psychology consultant who wrote the book “Bouncing Back” and “Success Is An Inconvenience: The Making of A Champion.” Dr. Cohn and Dr. Mann talk about what it takes to be a champion and what mental skills
In this week’s sports psychology podcast, mental game of sports expert, Dr. Patrick Cohn, answers a question from a sports parent of a young softball player who sabotages her performance when she is doing well. Listen to this month’s sports psychology podcast to learn how to improve your performance in sports and other mental game
What Makes Top Athletes Successful? Mike Robbins should know. He went to school with three top athletes and dated one of them… I interviewed retired pro athlete Mike Robbins for my members. Mike was drafted by the New York Yankees out of high school, but instead played for Stanford and the College World Series. After