Latest Sportsmentaltoughness Podcast Episodes
Coach: Support Your Athlete's Mental Game
The Sports Psychology Podcast - November 01, 2021 11:00 - 5 minutes ★★★★ - 46 ratingsIn this sports psychology podcast, Dr. Cohn explains how to coacher can better support athlete's mental game. Here is the question, Dr. Cohn answers in this episode: LEO: I’m now a coach but if I had the support of a mental coach while I was a player…who knows where I would be. I’m interested...
How to Improve Decision Making when Competing
The Sports Psychology Podcast - October 18, 2021 11:23 - 5 minutes ★★★★ - 46 ratingsIn this sports psychology podcast, Dr. Cohn helps an athlete by explaining how to build composure and confidence and take his shots when the opportunity arrives. Here is the question, Dr. Cohn answers in this episode: MURRAY: I feel my decision-making in matches isn't where it should be I know...
What Athletes Must Do During Post Games
The Sports Psychology Podcast - October 04, 2021 11:00 - 6 minutes ★★★★ - 46 ratingsIn this sports psychology podcast, Dr. Cohn helps an athlete on knowing what to do in post games to improve confidence. Here is the question, Dr. Cohn answers in this episode: JACK: Do you have any tips or a program for “Post game (win or lost) assessment? How to evaluate your performance. I’m...
How to Guide Young and Intense Athletes
The Sports Psychology Podcast - September 27, 2021 11:00 - 7 minutes ★★★★ - 46 ratingsIn this sports psychology podcast, Dr. Cohn helps parents understand proper guidance for a young and intense athlete in the right manner. Here is the question, Dr. Cohn answers in this episode: Missy: I have a 13-year-old daughter, Soccer is her passion. She is super motivated, dedicated, and ...
How to Manage the Toughest Moments of Elite Competitions
The Sports Psychology Podcast - September 18, 2021 11:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★ - 46 ratingsIn this sports psychology podcast, Dr. Patrick Cohn interviews a former swimmer and now a mental advocate Kimberly Karducci. They discuss mental health issues and how to best manage the toughest moments of elite competitions. They also talked about her reasons for becoming a mental health advo...
Parents: When Your Athletes What to Quit Sports
The Sports Psychology Podcast - September 13, 2021 11:00 - 5 minutes ★★★★ - 46 ratingsIn this sports psychology podcast, Dr. Cohn helps parents understand when their athletes should quit sports. Here is the question, Dr. Cohn answers in this episode: JESSICA: My son was so excited for football and ready to play. But he already wants to quit…badly, The coaches are pretty hard on...
Helping Athletes Manage High Expectations
The Sports Psychology Podcast - August 30, 2021 11:00 - 6 minutes ★★★★ - 46 ratingsIn this sports psychology video, Dr. Cohn helps athletes improve their mental game for sports. Learn how to get your mindset right when you compete so you can perform your best. In this podcast, you learn about how athletes place expectations on themselves and also feel them from parents and oth...
Social Approval and Social Media for Athletes
The Sports Psychology Podcast - August 01, 2021 10:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★ - 46 ratingsIn this sports psychology podcast, Dr. Patrick Cohn interviews former Team Canada Junior National Snowboarder. They discuss social approval for athletes in today's world of social media. How expectations from others and social media can impact athletes' mindset and performance. Natalie Allport is...
Approaches to Mental Coaching with Dr. Bob Winters
The Sports Psychology Podcast - April 14, 2021 17:11 - 22 minutes ★★★★ - 46 ratingsIn this week's podcast, Dr. Cohn interviews long-time friend, Dr. Bob Winters, an internationally renowned mental coach, Author and professional speaker. Known as “Dr. Bob”, he helps world-class athletes, collegiate players and teams, juniors, and individuals attain confidence and achieve ne...
The Coaching Zone & Leadership with Dr. John Yeager
The Sports Psychology Podcast - April 08, 2021 10:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★ - 46 ratingsIn this week's podcast, Dr. Cohn interviews Dr. John Yeager about how coaches can improve team dynamics by understanding how to improve atheltes' Confidence, Hope, Optimism, and Team resilience. Dr. Yeager abd Dr. Cohn discuss about how athletes can build resilience in sports. The Coaching Zon...
How Mental Training Will Get You to Your Next Level of Play
The Sports Psychology Podcast - January 31, 2021 17:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★ - 46 ratingsAre you or your athletes struggling to get to the next level of play? Many times, an athletes' mental game is preventing them from outpacing other players with equal physical abilities. In this week's podcast, Dr. Cohn speaks with Brenda Schultz-McCarthy, a former professional tennis player w...
Why Athletes Worry too Much About What Others Think
The Sports Psychology Podcast - January 24, 2021 17:00 - 3 minutes ★★★★ - 46 ratingsDo you or your athletes tend to worry too much about what others think of your performance? As mental game experts, we know that athletes often get preoccupied with what we have termed "outcome thinking," and tend to play too safely or cautiously as a result. While it is good to want to be a s...
Achieve Proactive Confidence for a Healthy Life Balance
The Sports Psychology Podcast - January 10, 2021 17:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★ - 46 ratingsAre you an athlete who struggles to maintain a healthy balance between your daily life and your role as an athlete? Many athletes feel a lot of pressure to reach high achievements in their sport and, as a result, lack a healthy balance between their sport and other hobbies that they enjoy. ...
Don't Let Adversity Affect Your Game
The Sports Psychology Podcast - January 03, 2021 13:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★ - 46 ratingsAre you an athlete who struggles with fear of failure in competition? Many athletes spend too much time dwelling on their mistakes, feeling that past mistakes define their future play. When too much pressure is placed on winning, rather than on improvement, sports can start feeling like work...
Improve Your Body Language
The Sports Psychology Podcast - November 01, 2020 11:00 - 4 minutes ★★★★ - 46 ratingsDo you struggle with negative body language when you compete? Often times there are certain triggers that lead to your negative body language. Athletes need to be aware of what they are doing to exhibit this negative body language. You don't want to show your opponents that you have a negat...
Helping Athletes Take Practice Skills to Competition Consistently
The Sports Psychology Podcast - August 30, 2020 10:00 - 4 minutes ★★★★ - 46 ratingsDo you look like a star in practice, but choke up in competition? Does your performance feel tight, controlled, or lack of freedom when you compete? Many hard-working athletes who get lots of confidence from practice get in their own way (mentally) when they compete… Why do athletes tense up a...
Be All In With Christie Pearce Rampone and Dr. Kristine Keane
The Sports Psychology Podcast - August 21, 2020 10:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★ - 46 ratingsChristie Pearce Rampone is a two-time Women’s World Cup champion and eight-year captain of the US Women’s National Soccer Team. She’s co-authored a new book with neuropsychologist and fellow sports mom Dr. Kristine Keane… BE ALL IN: Raising Kids for Success in Sports and Life which offers prac...
Cope with Pregame Anxiety for Athletes
The Sports Psychology Podcast - August 16, 2020 10:00 - 3 minutes ★★★★ - 46 ratingsDo you ever get butterflies in your stomach before you compete called pregame jitters? Do you get really nervous before the start of a big match or game and can’t relax after the game starts? Most athletes have felt the negative effects of pressure during their athletic career. Even the best a...
Perfectionist Athletes Who are Highly Critical Post Competition
The Sports Psychology Podcast - July 26, 2020 10:00 - 3 minutes ★★★★ - 46 ratingsDo you or your athletes only focus on mistakes after competition? Do you criticize your performance instead of learn from it? Or do you disqualify the positive? Perfectionist athletes can be extremely hard on themselves after they compete, which hurts their confidence. These athletes focus o...
Perfectionist Athletes Who Are Highly Judgemental
The Sports Psychology Podcast - July 12, 2020 10:00 - 4 minutes ★★★★ - 46 ratingsOne of the qualities of perfectionist athletes is the fact that they judge their performance extremely harshly. They are very self-critical. Very high level perfectionists want their performance to look good and feel good in order to get the desired results. When they don’t get these results t...
How to Overcome Lack of Trust in Skills
The Sports Psychology Podcast - June 28, 2020 10:00 - 4 minutes ★★★★ - 46 ratingsOne of the biggest challenges for perfectionists is the lack of trust in their skills… Lack of trust in skills is the reason perfectionists tend to under perform in competition–compared to practice. Perfectionism leads to: –Over thinking –Stuck in a practice mindset –Worry about what oth...
How to Play for Yourself During Competition
The Sports Psychology Podcast - June 14, 2020 10:00 - 5 minutes ★★★★ - 46 ratingsPerfectionist athletes often worry too much about what others (coaches, teammates, parents) think about their performance. We call this social approval fears in our work. This is not only a huge distraction for athletes, but also a source of pressure to perform up to others’ expectations. This...
Can Athletes Use Mindfulness to Improve Focus?
The Sports Psychology Podcast - June 09, 2020 14:27 - 17 minutes ★★★★ - 46 ratingsDr. Patrick Cohn interviews Dr. Joe Havlick on the use of mindfulness to help athletes and performers succeed. Joe has a Ph.D. in Sport Psychology and works with performers and athletes of many ages, sports, and careers. Joe has a practice of meditation that he offers to all of his clients. Dr. ...
How to Overcome All or None Thinking
The Sports Psychology Podcast - May 31, 2020 10:00 - 4 minutes ★★★★ - 46 ratingsIn this Mental Training podcast, you learn why perfectionist athletes partake in irrational thinking. In this case “all or none thinking” and how to prevent it. One of the characteristics of perfectionists is that they view their performance as black or white, good or bad, with no shades of g...
Challenges for Athletes' Return to Sport with Brenley Shapiro
The Sports Psychology Podcast - May 25, 2020 16:17 - 17 minutes ★★★★ - 46 ratingsThis week Dr. Cohn speaks with Brenley Shapiro for The Sports Psychology Podcast. Shapiro is the founder of Heads Up High Performance in Toronto. She’s a Sport Psychology, Performance Consultant and Certified Sports Vision Trainer. She’s the first female Mental Performance Consultant for the Ari...
Anxiety and Tension in Perfectionist Athletes
The Sports Psychology Podcast - May 17, 2020 10:00 - 5 minutes ★★★★ - 46 ratingsIn this sports psychology podcast of Sessions with Doc, Dr. Cohn discusses how perfectionist athletes have anxiety and tension when they compete. One of the characteristics of perfectionists is that they feel a lot of anxiety and worry due to their fear of failure. Often the fear is about disa...
Dr. Cassidy Preston on Athletes and Social Approval
The Sports Psychology Podcast - May 10, 2020 10:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★ - 46 ratingsIn this podcast of Mental Training Sessions with Doc, we talk to Dr. Cassidy Preston. Dr. Preston is the founder of Consistent Elite Performance and is a full-time Sport & Performance Psychology Consultant that specializes in working with elite athletes, teams, and businesses. Cassidy has an e...
Perfectionist Athletes Who Are Easily Frustrated
The Sports Psychology Podcast - May 03, 2020 10:00 - 4 minutes ★★★★ - 46 ratingsIn this podcast of Mental Training Sessions with Doc, you learn why perfectionist athletes become easily frustrated. One of the characteristics of perfectionists is that they get upset very quickly when they make mistakes. These athletes lose emotional control quickly and become derailed men...
Perfectionism in Sports and Life
The Sports Psychology Podcast - April 24, 2020 20:49 - 14 minutes ★★★★ - 46 ratingsIn this podcast Dr. Patrick Cohn, Master Mental Game Coach, speaks with Ella McCrystal. McCrystal is Psychotherapist, Hypnotherapist and counselor in the UK. In this podcast Ella and Doc speak about the top challenges for perfectionists in athletics and life. Resources for Athletes, Coach, ...
Perfectionist Athletes With Fragile Confidence
The Sports Psychology Podcast - April 19, 2020 16:00 - 4 minutes ★★★★ - 46 ratingsOne of the characteristics of perfectionists is that they tend to have more confidence in practice than they do in competition. Fragile confidence means that athletes’ confidence goes up-and-down rapidly depending on how they are performing in the moment. And this ties into athletes’ high ex...
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