Developing Stable Confidence in Sports Do you or your athletes succumb to the big moments in competition? Does all your hard-earned confidence (from practice) evaporate when you go into competition? If this sounds like you or athletes you coach, fragile confidence is a common theme for many people who contact us at Peak Performance Sports.
In this week’s sports psychology podcast, mental game of sports expert, Dr. Patrick Cohn, answers a question from an equestrian who gets intimidated by her competition. Listen to this month’s sports psychology podcast to learn how to improve your performance in sports and other mental game barriers that limit your performance. https://traffic.libsyn.com/sportspsychology/get_psyched125_other_competitors_.mp3 Download the Sports
Over Thinking During Competition Does being a smart athlete help you (or your players) perform better in competition? What do I mean by smart? You can consider two types of smarts for athletes: (1) Ability to critically analyze, and (2) game intelligence. You want #2 smarts: the ability to understand your sport and apply tactics