Education Helps Athletes Accept Mental Training

June 13, 2018 By Patrick Cohn Leave a Comment

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 it.

What’s the number one reason they might need mental coaching? They don’t perform as well in competition as they do in practice.

But I suggest that athletes be in a “teachable moment” to fully accept mental training. Let’s face it–mental coaching is still a last resort for many athletes even today, but I think that mindset is changing slowly.

One of the keys to helping athletes accept mental game coaching is education. Too many myths still exist, such as only head cases need to work with a mental coach.

By education, I mean helping athletes and coaches understand what mental game coaching is and how it can help them.

As you might know, I do a lot of education with athletes, coaches, and sports parents. We offer podcasts, e-books, and videos to break down the negative stigma of sports psychology and simplify the strategies.

That’s exactly what I try to do in the MGCP course for my students… I try to simplify mental game strategies and help you be a more effective coach. If you use a lot of psychobabble and big terms from psychology, your athletes will miss the message.

If you have not done so, please complete an application at the MGCP website:

Mental Game Coaching Professional

If you have already submitted your MGCP application, please email me to request the enrollment forms.

Note: The first five people to lock in their seats will get preference.

Please call me at 888-742-7225 if you have any questions about the course.

Students in the MGCP program get access to the same mental game assessments I use in my work–The AMAP, GMAP, and TCAP. I teach you how to evaluate an athlete’s or team’s mental approach and what relevant questions to ask in the initial interview stage. Find more details about the course here:

Mental Game Coaching Professional

MGCP - Sports Psychology Certification Course

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.
The Athlete's Mental Edge workbook system to help you stay organized and accelerate your athletes learning and progress with mental skills.
12+ Real-life video and audio case studies to accelerate your learning of mental game coaching.
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.
Examples of mental imagery programs (hockey, dog handling, and golf) including how to create imagery scripts and audio programs for your athletes.
A series of sports psychology e-books on goal setting, confidence, focus, pregame and preshot routines.
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.
Use of the Team Cohesion Aptitude Profile (TCAP) to assess team cohesion; and a sports parent’s profile to use with sports parents.
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.
How to do team mental game assessments efficiently using an online assessment tool.
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.
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.

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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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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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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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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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Education Helps Athletes Accept Mental Training

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MGCP - Sports Psychology Certification Course