Perfectionist Athletes With Irrational Thinking In this Mental Training podcast, you learn why perfectionist athletes partake in irrational thinking. In this case “all or none thinking” and how to prevent it. One of the characteristics of perfectionists is that they view their performance as black or white, good or bad, with no shades of gray
Sports Confidence Buster #4 When you walk onto the playing field or court, do you (or your athletes) look around at other athletes and think they look better than you? This is another huge confidence buster for athletes–putting other athletes on a pedestal–because it leads to self-intimidation. You (or your athletes) might look at other
Sports Confidence Buster #3 Despite having great practices and high levels of confidence from practice, why do athletes question their practice or training? Athletes question their training for many reasons some are rational and other are not rational: Did I train enough this week? Was the quality of my practice good enough? Did I do
Overcome Tension and Anxiety In this sports psychology podcast of Sessions with Doc, Dr. Cohn discusses how perfectionist athletes have anxiety and tension when they compete. One of the characteristics of perfectionists is that they feel a lot of anxiety and worry due to their fear of failure. Often the fear is about disappointing others and not
Sports Confidence Buster #2 Despite having great practices and high levels of confidence from practice, why do athletes doubt themselves in competition? Negative self-labels and doubts about your performances are self-fulfilling prophecies and the only way to overcome these doubts is to change your thinking–quickly. In this sports psychology video for athletes, I discuss how
Sports Confidence Buster #1 When you achieve greater success in sports, confidence improves. But so can your expectations. So this is both good and bad. When you expect more from your performance, you can get upset easier. It can also undermine your confidence when you fail to reach your expectations. This week, I discuss how