Authors: Alexandra Salerno, LPC, NCC and Donato Fanelle, MA
“If you want to achieve greatness – stop asking for permission” – Eddie Colla
Feeling motivated every day is tough. Maybe we feel like we need “to earn something” in order to move forward. Or maybe we find ourselves asking permission to do what we want to do, without there being an expectation attached. With the...
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Sport Psychology Basics
A Performance Slump: It’s All in Your Head
You are What You Think: Thinking Your Way into Great Performances
Someone once said, “A slump is like a soft bed, easy to get into and hard to get out of”. I disagree; I think a performance slump can be easy to get out of if you know how. A slump begins in our head and ends in our head-once you think you are in a performance slump, you are. Once you think the slump is done, it...
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Sport Psychology 411
What is Mental Training?
Mental training, also known as sport psychology, is similar to physical training in that the goal is to prepare athletes to consistently perform their best. While physical training focuses on teaching the body proper execution of skills, mental training focuses on teaching the mind to remove mental barriers that might hinder the athlete’s performance. ...
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Myths and Truths About Seeing a Sport Psychologist
Mental Training Myths and Truths
MYTH: Sport psychology and mental training are the same thing.
TRUTH: Well, to most people they are the same, but legally, a "sport psychologist" is a licensed psychologist who is trained diagnose clinical disorders. They may NOT actually have any training in sport, kinesiology, physiology, or have an in-depth understanding of the cu...
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