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Helping Athletes Apply Mental Skills
Phases of Mental Coaching with Athletes As a mental game coach, your success depends on how well your athletes can apply what you teach them. In this video, I discuss the steps I take from awareness to application. My #1 challenge as a mental coach is helping my athletes apply what they learn to practice…
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When Should Athletes Start Mental Training?
What Age do Athletes Start Mental Training? This is a very common question we receive from parents when they call in to inquire about mental coaching. However, there is not one simple answer because your answer depends on: Typically, we tell parents that most athletes can engage in a one-on-one mental training program if they…
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AMAP Mental Game Assessment
Mental Skills Assessment Are you a mental game coach or team coach? Watch the video below to learn Dr. Cohn’s model for doing mental game assessments with athletes. Master Mental Coach Dr. Cohn previews what you’ll learn in his NEW AMAP Assessment System in this video. If you work with athletes and want to learn a…
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Why Mental Game Assessments Help
AMAP Assessment Works I was surprised to learn one fact from the results of the survey on using assessments in mental coaching… 28 percent of mental coaches reported they still do assessments the old fashioned way: they use interviews only. I have nothing against using interviews for doing mental game assessments with athletes, but I…
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Mental Coaching: The First Session
Mental Skills Coaching Session Apart from building rapport with your athletes in the first session, where do you start with your athletes? For certified Mental Game Coaching Professionals, the first step is to explain our programs with a potential athlete or parent. We explain the mental coaching process and what’s included in the programs. In…
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A Proven Mental Coaching System
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…
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How To Introduce Mental Training to Athletes
Starting Mental Training How do you work with athletes that have no idea that mental training can help improve their performance or consistency? I received a question recently from a mental coach who works with shooters. Here’s the question: “In the shooting sports, you need full concentration and a clear mind. How do I start…
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Working with Athletes’ Emotional Parents
How to Work with Sports Parents A mental game coach recently asked the following question in a survey: “How do you work with athletes who have emotionally involved parents?” With very young athletes, the parents are the ones that typically hire me to work with their child… You want to involve the parents in the…
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Barriers to Starting a Mental Training Program
Why Athlete Avoid Mental Training What are the barriers to starting a mental training program for athletes, coaches, and parents? I received this question recently on my survey for mental coaches about their use of assessments… The biggest barriers to starting a mental training program include: First, I’m going to assume that you have a…
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Helping Athletes Adhere to Mental Training
Commitment to Mental Coaching To help your athletes succeed with mental training, they must both remember and apply what you teach them from your live sessions. We like to give athletes tasks or assignments to complete between lessons to accelerate and reinforce learning… The objective is to provide a means to reinforce the mental coaching…
