composure

Sport Psychology Podcast: Trust Your Technique

Sports Psychology Podcast

In this week’s sports psychology podcast, Dr. Cohn helps a volleyball player who has lost her serve.  Sports psychology expert, Dr. Patrick Cohn helps athletes perform their best in competition. Dr. Cohn answers the following mental game question: “My 10 yr old daughter is a great volleyball player but has somehow “lost” her serve. Midway through last season she developed

Golf Podcast: Helping Young Golfers Accept Mistakes

Golf Psychology Podcast

Dr. Patrick Cohn, golf psychology expert and author of the “Golfer’s Mental Edge” CD program, teaches amateur to tour professional golfers how to improve their mental game of golf. In this week’s golf psychology session, mental game of golf expert and author of The Mental Game of Golf, Dr. Cohn, helps a parent of a  golfer

Why Athletes “Check Out” After Making Mistakes

Checking Out in Sports

Do You Check Out After Mistakes? OK, so I’ve received a ton of questions from athletes, coaches and parents about how to help athletes who “check out” after making mistakes in competition. Do you (or your players) have trouble keeping your head in the game after mistakes? Do mistakes compound because you’re so frustrated you

Sports Psychology for Athletes: Improve Composure in Sports

Sports Focus

Keeping Your Composure in Sports OK, I just received an email from a frustrated player that I think applies to every athlete… Playing sports is supposed to be fun, right. Some people think sports is an escape from the doldrums of life. We can immerse ourselves for a few precious moments or hours in an