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One Way to Have Credibility as a Mental Game Coach

Sports Psychology Certification

Sports Psychology Careers How do you gain credibility as a mental coach in a sport? Do you have to know the sport your working in to be a successful mental coach, mental training expert, or sports psychologist for athletes? Mental coach, Dr. Patrick Cohn shares his experience in the field of applied sports psychology. How do you understand the sport …

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How I Started In Sports Psychology

Sports Psychology Certification

How to Become a Successful Mental Game Coach How did you first get started in your career in sports psychology? This is the question that I answer in this mental coach and sports-psychologist-in-training video. I studied with Ken Ravizza at CSUF in the mid-80s and loved it. Ken suggested that I go work with Bob Rotella at UVA–and I did …

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5 Reasons Athletes Don’t Do Mental Training

Athletes Who Avoid Mental Training

Mental Coach Survey Says Why do some athletes and coaches not embrace mental training? What can you do as a mental coach to help them adopt mental coaching as part of their regular training? First, here’s what my mental coach survey says about why athletes don’t embrace mental training: 1. They don’t understand how mental training can help (54%) 2. …

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Ken Ravizza on the Importance of Observation

Ken Ravizza

How Observation Helps Mental Coaches I had the pleasure to interview my friend and mentor, Dr. Ken Ravizza a few years ago as we were preparing for the Peaksports bookcamp… I asked him who influenced him the most in his career. Back when Ken started teaching, sports psychology didn’t exit, but he was influenced by authors, such as Eleanor Mathini, …

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Assessing Mental Training Effectiveness

Golf Mental Coaching

Tracking Mental Skills Improvement How do you track your athletes’ improvement and quantifying the effectiveness of mental training? One problem with mental coaching is measuring the effectiveness of your programs with your athletes… You have to rely on self-reports from athletes unless you can use some solid statistical evidence for improvement. A problem with self-reports is that they’re not always …

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