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How to Cope With Doubts After Injury Injuries are challenging for soccer players. The mental wear and tear on your body and mind are significant. Painful rehab, inactivity, and worry can be an …
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Mental Game 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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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Soccer Psychology Videos
How Parents React When Athletes Want to Quit Sports
When Anxiety Makes Young Athletes Quit Do you have a young athlete that feels a lot of anxiety about his or her performance and is ready to give up? In “Sports Psychology Sessions with Doc,” Dr. …
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Applying Soccer Practice Skills to Games
Taking Practice Skills to Games In “Sports Psychology Sessions with Doc,” Dr. Patrick Cohn answers a question from Robert who wants to know how take his practice skills to games. Visit Sports …
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Taking Soccer Practice Skills to Games
Fear of Making Mistakes in Soccer Games In “Sports Psychology Sessions with Doc,” Dr. Patrick Cohn answers a question from Mac who wants to know how he can have more confidence to do his practice …
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Staying Calm and Composed in Tournaments
Help Athletes With Pregame Routines In "Sessions with Doc," Dr. Patrick Cohn answers your sports psychology and mental training questions about staying calm and composed in tournaments. Visit …
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5 Mental Strategies Of A Pregame Routine
The Relaxed Athlete In "Sessions with Doc," Dr. Patrick Cohn answers your sports psychology and mental training questions about 5 mental strategies of a pregame routine. Visit Peaksports.com and click …
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