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 Understand Your Athletes’ Needs A mental game coach trying to establish himself recently asked me this question: “What is the number one mistake mental coaches make on the first session with an athlete?” I’ll give two answers to this question today because I think the answer depends on your philosophy about how to do mental coaching… First, I …
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?” …
Mental Performance Coaching Phases One of the advantages of the MGCP course is learning my system for doing mental coaching with athletes and teams. In this mental coach mentor video, I preview the Phases of Mental Coaching. We discuss these in detail in the certification course, but I wanted to give you a sneak peek into some of the things …
How to Help Athletes Apply Skills If you work with athletes on their mental game, you know most of your clients can understand the mental strategies you teach. But the big question is: Can they apply what they learn to practice and competition? My #1 challenge as a mental coach is helping my athletes apply what they learn to practice …