Youth Sports Psychology Videos

Why Athletes Become Intimidated

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Help Sports Kids Overcome Intimidation In “Sessions with Doc,” Dr. Patrick Cohn answers your sports psychology and mental training questions about how to overcome being intimidated by competitors. Visit Peaksports.com and click on contact us to submit your question for Dr. Cohn to answer in his mental game videocast or … Read Sport Psychology Tip

Mental Rehearsal For Athletes

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Mental Imagery For Sports Kids In “Sessions with Doc,” Dr. Patrick Cohn answers your sports psychology and mental training questions about how to use visualization for athletes in competition. Visit Peaksports.com and click on contact us to submit your question for Dr. Cohn to answer in his mental game videocast … Read Sport Psychology Tip

Why Do Athletes Choke Under Pressure?

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Do Your Sports Kids Choke in Competition? In “Sessions with Doc,” Dr. Patrick Cohn answers your sports psychology and mental training questions about why athletes choke or under perform in competition. Visit Peaksports.com and click on contact us to submit your question for Dr. Cohn to answer in his mental … Read Sport Psychology Tip

4 Steps to Helping Young Athletes Improve Focus

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Sports Parents: Help Kids Improve Focus In our last tip, we shared a video with you on the top distractions young athletes face in sports. Today, we have a follow up video—again produced by Dr. Cohn: Four Steps to Helping Young Athletes Improve Focus This short video describes the critical … Read Sport Psychology Tip

Top Performance-Busting Distractions For Young Athletes

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Helping Sports Kids Stay Focused Concentration is key to excelling in sports. When kids aren’t focused on what they need to do to perform their skills, performance suffers. Then your athletes are unable to perform in the “zone.” Not coping effectively with distractions can really hurt your athletes’ performance in … Read Sport Psychology Tip

How Sports Parents Can Boost Young Athletes’ Confidence

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Instilling Confidence in Sports Kids Sports parents: Want to improve your young athletes’ confidence? Watch Dr. Patrick Cohn of The Ultimate Sports Parent discuss how sports parents can help kids boost self-confidence in sports and what not to do prior to games. Dr. Cohn discusses how athletes sabotage their pregame … Read Sport Psychology Tip