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Mental Game Lessons from John Wooden

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What’s the most important skills for athletes to possess? Anthony Robbins sent me an interview he did with the legendary basketball coach John Wooden, who recently passed away at age 99. This was one of the best interviews Wooden gave, according to Robbins. Today, I want to share with you something that Wooden said that I

Peak Performance Sports Launches News Blog

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Peak Performance Sports launches new blog to access the latest news and announcements from Peaksports.com. As the president and founder of Peak Performance Sports (Orlando, Florida), Dr. Patrick J. Cohn teaches mental skills and sports psychology techniques to athletes, teams, and corporate professionals to help improve performance. For the latest news and updates, visit: Peak

How to Be and Effective Mental Game Coach

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Mental Game Coaching Professional Program I’ve receive a lot of questions from both sports psychology students and professionals who want to do mental coaching with athletes. Here’s a recent example: “I completed my MS in sport psychology and am currently finishing my doctorate in clinical psychology. I’m wondering if you have any tips that would

Credibility Factors as a Mental Game Coach

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Mental Game Coaching Professionals Your credibility as a mental game coach is critical to your coaching success. Many budding mental coaches ask me if having a higher degree, such as a Ph.D. in education or psychology is important to credibility. It’s not as important as you may think, but establishing yourself as a credible mental

Mental Coaches: Why Athletes Assume Focus is to Blame

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Mental Game Coaching Professionals Do your athletes assume that their focus is to blame for their mental errors or lack of performance? We know that concentration (or mental focus) is critical for maximum performance. But many of my athletes think lack of focus is to blame for making mental mistakes and not ultimately playing to

Dr. Cohn’s Sports Psychology Blog Wins Award

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Top Sports Psychology Blog Peak Performance Sports in please to announce that Dr. Cohn’s Sports Psychology Blog was selected as one of the very best in its class of sports psychology blogs on the internet — awarded by Top Psych. Please visit  ”Psychology News & Blogs” to see Dr. Cohn’s Sports Psychology Blog listed in Alley Dog. Learn how to improve