What Works for Athletes in the Real World? 30 years ago, I finished my Ph.D. in Sports Psychology at The University of Virginia. But it wasn’t a smooth transition from school to a career in mental coaching… My education prepared me to teach college students sports psychology and motor learning at the university level. I taught college students for two …
Starting Mental Training How do you work with athletes that have no idea that mental training can help improve their performance or consistency? I received a question recently from a mental coach who works with shooters. Here’s the question: “In the shooting sports, you need full concentration and a clear mind. How do I start with students who have no …
How to Work with Sports Parents A mental game coach recently asked the following question in a survey: “How do you work with athletes who have emotionally involved parents?” With very young athletes, the parents are the ones that typically hire me to work with their child… You want to involve the parents in the mental training process–over involved parents …
Why Athlete Avoid Mental Training What are the barriers to starting a mental training program for athletes, coaches, and parents? I received this question recently on my survey for mental coaches about their use of assessments… The biggest barriers to starting a mental training program include: First, I’m going to assume that you have a proven mental training program that …
Commitment to Mental Coaching To help your athletes succeed with mental training, they must both remember and apply what you teach them from your live sessions. We like to give athletes tasks or assignments to complete between lessons to accelerate and reinforce learning… The objective is to provide a means to reinforce the mental coaching lessons you teach. Providing athletes …
How Goals Turn Into Expectations I’m sure you help your athletes set goals, right? The research is clear that goal setting can help your athletes improve and strive for excellence. But when can goals turn into expectations for athletes? This was a recent question I received from one of our MGCP certification students… First, allow me to define expectations… Expectations …