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A Proven Mental Coaching System

May 14, 2016 By Patrick Cohn Leave a Comment

What Works for Athletes in the Real World?

30 years ago, I finished my Ph.D. in Sports Psychology at The University of Virginia.

But it wasn’t a smooth transition from school to a career in mental coaching…

My education prepared me to teach college students sports psychology and motor learning at the university level.

I taught college students for two years, but then started Peak Performance Sports in 1994.

As a graduate student at CSUF and UVA, I learned a ton about how to help athletes improve confidence, focus, and composure.

But I didn’t really have a proven mental coaching system for working with athletes.

And I didn’t know, firsthand, what worked for athletes in the real world (I had only started to work with athletes).

The biggest roadblock was that I didn’t have a system for helping my athletes succeed.

After about 10 years of trial and error as a mental coach, I learned what worked in the real world…

I polished my delivery, developed mental game assessments and handouts, and learned how to help athletes take mental coaching lessons from education to application.

Today, I teach the MGCP mental coaching system to qualified coaches, therapists, life coaches, and psychologists. And we are in the 11th year.

I jump-start your mental coaching career by sharing my experience, tools, and a proven method for mental game coaching via the MGCP course.

What are the benefits of becoming a certified Mental Game Coaching Professional?

  1. You learn my complete system for mental coaching without the headaches of 10 years of trail and error.
  2. You get access to my mental game assessment (AMAP) to help uncover your athletes’ mental barriers – the same assessment I use with my personal students and teams.
  3. You receive ready-made lesson summaries (or handouts) I use with my students, which help you stay organized and simplify the coaching process.
  4. You work closely with me and other mental coaches in the program as you start to get more work with athletes.
  5. You learn the top mental strategies I’ve taught to 1000s of athletes worldwide – strategies that I’ve already tested out in the real world.
  6. You continue to hone your skills and learn new tricks of the trade by getting continuing education as a premium member of Peaksports network, my online mental training program.
  7. You learn the basics of how to build credibility and get work with athletes?the right way.
  8. You get 15 Athlete’s Mental Edge Workbooks to use with your clients (a $599 value).

I’ve spent 20 years of my career developing and refining the MGCP program, which I share with you in a 10 to 12-week course.

You can skip the trial and error….

To register, please complete an application at the MGCP website if you have not done so previously:

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MGCP - Sports Psychology Certification Course

  1. The MGCP 20-chapter workbook including exercises to teach you how to identify mental game challenges and obstacles that influence performance; develop mental skills individual and team members; and improve teamwork and communication.
  2. The Athlete's Mental Edge workbook system to help you stay organized and accelerate your athletes learning and progress with mental skills.
  3. 12+ Real-life video and audio case studies to accelerate your learning of mental game coaching.
  4. MGCP Summaries, outlines and flow charts to help you understand the over mental coaching process and the phases of mental coaching taught by Dr. Cohn.
  5. Examples of mental imagery programs (hockey, dog handling, and golf) including how to create imagery scripts and audio programs for your athletes.
  6. A series of sports psychology e-books on goal setting, confidence, focus, pregame and preshot routines.
  7. Use of Dr. Cohn’s Athlete’s Mental Aptitude Profile (AMAP) and several sport-specific versions to help you identify an athlete’s or team’s mental game strengths and weaknesses.
  8. Use of the Team Cohesion Aptitude Profile (TCAP) to assess team cohesion; and a sports parent’s profile to use with sports parents.
  9. Examples of pre-seminar questionnaires to use before you give a seminar to a group to help you identify mental game challenges and areas to teach.
  10. How to do team mental game assessments efficiently using an online assessment tool.
  11. Over 160 mental game coaching “handouts” or one-page summaries and worksheets you can use to help you stay organized during sessions and as summaries for your student or team.
  12. 18 real-life case studies focusing on a different challenge in sports psychology and Dr. Cohn’s solution to each. You understand the real-life issues with athletes and how to address their mental game barriers.

Apply for sports psychology certification today!

Resources for Mental Game Coaches

Please browse our programs for mental game coaches and sports psychology professionals below. With the purchase of each program, you can upgrade to the Self-Paced Course or the Full MGCP Certification Course. Contact us at Peak Performance Sports, LLC for more details: 888-742-7225

AMAP Assessment System

The AMAP System licenses to you our exclusive mental game assessment. You learn how how to easily identify your athletes’ mental game challenges, what mental game issues to look, and how to do a summary of the AMAP. The AMAP has several purposes beyond its use as an assessment tool.

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Mental Game Assessments

Athlete's Mental Edge Workbooks

The Athlete’s Mental Edge workbook system 2.0 is designed for both mental coaches and sports team coaches. And no matter if you are a 20-year mental coach veteran or just starting your career as a mental coach, you’ll love the simplicity of the workbooks, and your athletes will appreciate your organization.

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Workbooks for Mental Coaches

Mental Coaches' Playbook

The Mental Coach's Playbook is a tool for mental coaches to help them improve efficiency and success as a mental game coach working with sports parents and their young athletes. Learn the top issues for young athletes and their parents. Learn how to be more successful when working with young athletes. Digital Download Only.

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Working with Sports Parents

Improving Credibility for Mental Coaches

This program helps new and experienced mental coaches gain credibility in your field of expertise. In “Improving Credibility,” sports psychology professionals learn how to get organized with your business documents, how to harness social proof from athletes and coaches, and learn the top tactics to improve your credibility as a mental coach.

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Mental Coach Credibility Program

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