My Courses

  • How to Get Ranked on Google

    How to Get Ranked on Google

    This Mental Coach Mentoring video is a case study of one of my new websites at www.sportspsychologytennis.com and a preview of my new mastermind program “Business Building Secrets for Mental Game Coaches.” Learn how to get your website listed on the first page of Google based on this recent case study. Enroll today to learn all my…

  • Learn From Mistakes I Made

    Learn From Mistakes I Made

    In this Mental Coach Mentoring video, Dr. Cohn answers the question: “Does advertising your mental coaching service help you get students?” This is the common question from newly certified MGCPs after taking the Mental Game Coaching Certification (MGCP) Program. Should you advertise your services to athletes and coaches?

  • How Do I Make Contact With Athletes?

    How Do I Make Contact With Athletes?

    In this Mental Coach Mentoring video, Dr. Cohn answers the question: “What’s the best way to make contact with athletes?”  Making contact with athletes is a big challenge for newly certified MGCPs or mental game experts coming out of graduate school. Developing relationships is critical to helping your find work. Sometime you have to look within…

  • How Do I Find Athletes to Coach?

    How Do I Find Athletes to Coach?

    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…

  • Education Helps Athletes Accept Mental Training

    Education Helps Athletes Accept Mental Training

    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…

  • Top Mistakes Mental Game Coaches Make

    Top Mistakes Mental Game Coaches Make

    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…

  • Helping Athletes Apply Mental Game Lessons

    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…

  • MGCP Phases of Mental Coaching

    MGCP Phases of Mental Coaching

    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…

  • Challenges As A Mental Game Coach

    Challenges As A Mental Game Coach

    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 Are the Tools of a Mental Coach?

    What are the tools you need to be a successful mental game coach? A potential MGCP candidate asked me the following question: “Do you provide materials in the MGCP course, which we can later use with the athletes we work with (such as assessment material, mental toughness exercises, etc.)?” The short answer is “yes” –…