Sports Psychology Coaching

Many parents have very high expectations for their children.  For the most part, this comes from a good place in their heart: the desire for their child to become the best version of themselves. However, this can also be detrimental when it leads to fear of failure, anxiety, or perfectionism. As an athlete, when you’re constantly faced with such expectations, the game can quickly turn from a point...

No matter how talented you are, if there are mental game challenges that get in your way, you will never play up to your full potential.  The way to overcome these mental barriers is by making use of athlete mental training. This involves training the mind just as you do the body. No athlete is unfamiliar with physical training; it’s the only way to improve the skills necessary to succeed. However...

Have you ever shown up to the field and kind of already known you weren’t going to play well that day? As though something inside of you could tell what the future would be. Foreshadowing the inevitable terrible game you were destined to have. Sometimes when you get to the end of these games, it can seem as though it would have been better to have walked up to your coach and said, “Sorry coach, I...

The way you speak to yourself and how you think as an athlete has a direct impact on how you feel. And your emotional state is a key factor in your ability to perform your best. As a result, it’s crucial to learn how to take control of the way you think. That can be done through the use of more positive and productive self-talk. If your aim is to practice positive self-talk as an athlete, you firs...

Working on developing mental toughness for young athletes, and all athletes in general is a key piece to the puzzle of their success. Not only their success on the field or court, but in life as well. Mental toughness is one of those traits that stick with you no matter if you remain an athlete or venture out into other areas of life. The reason stems from what it actually means to be mentally tou...

There is no denying the importance the mental game has on your performance as a baseball player.  However, it’s not always the easiest to understand and make use of in training. It’s clear how to improve your hitting; you go and take swings in the batting cage. If you want to be a better pitcher, you’ve got to strengthen your arm and increase your accuracy. For the mind, what can you do to activel...

While physical skills differ between sports, the mental side of the game is universal. There are a specific set of mental training skills that all athletes need to learn.  By doing so, you will develop the mental skills necessary to not only succeed within your sport but enjoy yourself in the process. Mental characteristics such as confidence, focus, resilience, motivation, and many more are impor...

I am sure, as an athlete, you are physically prepared to compete. You’ve been practicing and are ready for whatever comes your way come game time. But what about mentally? Are you as mentally prepared as you need to be to perform your best? In order to be sure your mind is right for competition, there are five mental training tools you can use: visualization, mindfulness, performance objectives, s...

You need confidence to perform your best, there’s no doubt about it. However, confidence is not always easy to come by as an athlete. Confidence killers are ways of thinking that work against your level of belief and trust in your skills. What you first must do is identify which confidence killer you exhibit and then begin work on overcoming it. Now, working through the confidence killer is often...

An aggressive mindset seems like the best approach to take to a game.  After all, sports are a competitive environment, so going out there determined to destroy and dominate your opponent should set you up nicely to succeed. However, an aggressive mindset, one that is centered on other people (opponents and those judging you), can lead to many unhelpful frames of thought that work against your abi...

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Free training on how to compete with a championship mindset: https://www.successstartswithin.com/Free-Training-How-To-Compete-With-A-Championship-Mindset Listen to this training to learn why you freeze up during your performances and how you can stop doing this and perform confident and freely! Trainings mentioned in podcast: Overcoming fear of failure: https://youtu.be/EECC8lfDCP4 Overcoming perf...

Free training on how to compete with a championship mindset: https://www.successstartswithin.com/Free-Training-How-To-Compete-With-A-Championship-Mindset Listen to this training to learn the top 10 reasons you fear failing as an athlete. Articles on how to overcome each of the 10 reasons you fear failing: How To Overcome Perfectionism: https://www.successstartswithin.com/blog/how-to-let-go-of-perf...

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1-1 Mental Game Coaching: https://www.successstartswithin.com/mental-performance-coaching Sport psychology is centered around the concept of self-optimization.  An athlete has the desire to be successful, and so there is a need for someone to help them in achieving that.  So, a mental performance coach steps in and teaches psychological skills that will help the client improve their performance. W...

Free training on how to compete with a championship mindset: https://www.successstartswithin.com/Free-Training-How-To-Compete-With-A-Championship-Mindset Striving to become the best version of yourself is an admirable desire. Having this motivation is beneficial in sticking to a routine and putting in the hard work necessary for success.  However, when this type of thinking is taken to the extreme...