Although the idea of sending your child to a sports/performance psychologist is becoming more normalized, it’s still not a widely accepted practice among parents of junior athletes. Whether it’s the …
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What if you could take a pill that would make you rich and powerful? The movie, Limitless (2011), starring Bradley Cooper, takes on that very question. The main character, Eddie …
Since the publication of his seminal book “Golf is Not a Game of Perfect” in 1995, sports psychologist Dr. Bob Rotella has had a significant impact on the mental game …
Mr. Understood: Jon Rahm and the Anger are not the bad guys we think they are In episode 534 of Foreplay, a popular podcast on Bar Stool Sport that provides …
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This past week, I had the opportunity to attend the 2023 PGA Show in Orlando, Florida for the first time. As a lifelong golf fanatic, the PGA Show has always …
The term visualization is often used in the world of sports performance to describe how an athlete creates a mental picture, or image, of themselves successfully completing a behavior they …
When is the best time to reflect on your failures? From a learning perspective, “now” is always the best time. Failure is our greatest classroom and whenever it happens, we …
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During the competitive months here in the Northeast, it’s difficult to meaningfully incorporate new learning into your game, however, as we head indoors for the winter, it is a perfect …
In the realm of sports psychology, positive self-talk, or motivational self-talk, is one of the core psychological skills of the elite athlete. The best athletes in the world talk to …
As a clinical psychologist who works with athletes, I am often asked what the difference is between clinical psychology and sports psychology, and what a clinical psychologist can do to …
