Mental Coaching Mistakes I’ve made many mistakes over the last 20 years as a mental game coaching professional. But, I’ve learned from them… When I started out – in the early 90’s – being a full time mental coach wasn’t a common career path. Most sports psychology professionals taught at a University and consulted with athletes and teams in their …
The Benefits of Mental Training For Athletes How can you help athletes understand the importance of the mental game? This is the topic of today’s tip for mental coaches. A mental coach working with golfers recently asked: “I work in golf and one of the biggest challenges is getting golfers to understand the game is at least 50% mindset. It’s …
Become a Credible Mental Game Coach If you are new to mental coaching, how do you gain credibility as a mental coach? Do you need a Ph.D. in sports psychology? Do you need to be a licensed psychologist? These are questions I often get when teaching the MGCP certification program. I have coaches, therapists, and life coaches who want to …
I can’t believe that it’s been almost 25 years since I started the MGCP certification program in 1993. The course has evolved a lot over the last decade. And it continues to improve as I receive feedback from participants each semester and questions from mental coaches. But one big challenge still remains for all mental game specialists and sports psychologists… …
Mental Game Coaching Tips Okay, there are no ‘tricks’ in helping athletes with the mental game, but this one strategy is pure gold. Athletes often will present a specific a mental game problem, but it might not be the real challenge that’s blocks them from success… My athletes sometimes guess at what’s getting in the way of success because that’s …
Help Athletes Understand Mental Training Dr. Cohn here from the MGCP certification course where I teach mental coaches how to overcome barrier to their success… What’s the top question I receive from mental coaches? Most everyone wants to know: “How can we help athletes understand the importance of mental training?” The truth is, many athletes, coaches, and sports parents don’t …