In this Mental Coach Mentoring video, Dr. Cohn answers the question: “What’s the best way to make contact with athletes?” Making contact with athletes is a big challenge for newly certified MGCPs or mental game experts coming out of graduate school. Developing relationships is critical to helping your find work. Sometime you have to look within your own circles.
In this Mental Coach Mentoring video, Dr. Cohn answers the question: “How do I find athletes to work with?” This is a big question from newly certified MGCPs after taking the Mental Game Coaching Certification Program. What are your first steps as a mental game coach after certification or coming out of school? What do you need to do to …
How to Find the Teachable Moment How can you convince potential clients that it is worthwhile for them to spend time and money working with a mental coach to improve their game? This is a question an MGCP asked recently…. My answer: It’s hard to “convince” athletes and coaches they need mental game coaching unless they see a need for …
How to Help Athletes Apply Mental Game Skills Not all athletes follow the mental coaching lessons you teach them… Today’s tip is based on a question I received from my mental game coach survey and the challenges mental coaches face. Here’s the question: “How do you motivate the athletes you coach to follow through and actually practice what you teach?” …
What are the tools you need to be a successful mental game coach? A potential MGCP candidate asked me the following question: “Do you provide materials in the MGCP course, which we can later use with the athletes we work with (such as assessment material, mental toughness exercises, etc.)?” The short answer is “yes” – this is a huge benefit …
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 …