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 …
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 …
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MGCP Phases of Mental Coaching
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 …
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 …
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, …
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Engaging Athletes in Mental Training
How to Introduce Mental Training to Athletes Do sports parents contact you asking how to introduce mental training to their athletes? Parents can recognize that their athletes are under performing due to anxiety, perfectionism, or lack of focus—before their athletes notice it. And parents …
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