Become a Credible Mental Game Coach If you are new to mental coaching, how do you gain credibility as a mental coach? Do you need a Ph.D. in sports psychology? Do you need to be a licensed psychologist? These are questions I often get when teaching the MGCP certification program. I have coaches, therapists, and life coaches who want to …
MGCP Course Postings I’m Dr. Patrick Cohn, the creator of the Mental Game Coaching Professional Certification program. The purpose of this area of the website is to help new MGCPs and sports psychology coaches improve their mental coaching skills and learn how to get work with athletes. Here, you can keep up to date with the MGCP course postings. You …
I can’t believe that it’s been almost 22 years since I started the MGCP certification program in 2004. The course has evolved a lot over the last decade. And it continues to improve as I receive feedback from participants each semester and questions from mental coaches. But one big challenge still remains for all mental game specialists and sports psychologists… …
Mental Game Coaching Tips Okay, there are no ‘tricks’ in helping athletes with the mental game, but this one strategy is pure gold. Athletes often will present a specific a mental game problem, but it might not be the real challenge that’s blocks them from success… My athletes sometimes guess at what’s getting in the way of success because that’s …
Help Athletes Understand Mental Training Dr. Cohn here from the MGCP certification course where I teach mental coaches how to overcome barrier to their success… What’s the top question I receive from mental coaches? Most everyone wants to know: “How can we help athletes understand the importance of mental training?” The truth is, many athletes, coaches, and sports parents don’t …
Helping Athletes Change their Thinking Changing old habits is hard to do for athletes. I agree with this statement especially when it comes to coaching the mental game. Old habits of thinking are hard to change for many athletes. Especially when they are well ingrained over several years (of practice). Athletes stay stuck in old patterns of thinking for many …