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Soccer Psychology Articles
Soccer Players Who Worry About What Fans Think
How to Set a Mental Boundary on the Field Pressure is a unique experience for each soccer player and the way you deal with pressure will determine if pressure helps or hurts performance. The impact of pressure depends on several variables, including the amount of perceived pressure, the competitive situation, and the source of pressure. The source of pressure was…
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A Positive Support System for Soccer
Coping With A Lack of Support Are you struggling with a lack of support from your family and friends? Lack of support is a sticking point for one soccer player who recently completed our soccer survey: “I personally can cope with criticism and low support but to be constantly told by family and friends that I won’t achieve my football…
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How to Overcome Mistakes in Soccer
How to Perform Well Despite Mistakes In a recent response to our soccer survey, a player wanted help with her mental game during soccer matches: “The thing I struggle with most is performing when I miss an opportunity in a game. If I miss scoring a goal that I should score, I dwell on it and it ruins my confidence…
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The Challenges of Over Competitiveness in Soccer
How to Keep Your Emotions in Check Competitive fire is the level of intensity you carry with you to soccer games. Competitive fire comes from a strong desire to win soccer matches or to be the best player on the field. Competitiveness can provide you with the extra edge to fight for the ball, make strong runs down the field…
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How to Stay Confident After a Loss in Soccer
Finding the Positive in Every Game Is there such a thing as a positive loss in soccer? Many players think of performances in “black or white” terms… A win is good, a loss is bad… I played great or I had a horrible game. But there is an entire gray area when it comes to performance, such as the following…
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US National Team’s Competitive Mindset
What is a Competitive Mindset? When is a blowout in a soccer game too much? At what point should you take your foot off the pedal and go easy on your opponent in a soccer game? There is a lot of debate over the issue of blowing out an opponent. Some feel that a team should let up if they…
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