Athletes Who Are Self-Critical After Competition

Do you or your athletes only focus on mistakes after competition? Do you criticize your performance instead of learn from it? Or do you disqualify the positive? Perfectionist athletes can be extremely hard on themselves after they compete, which hurts their confidence.

These athletes focus on the mistakes, mishaps, bad plays, and what they SHOULD have done better. To grow confidence, athletes need to stop judging their performance harshly and focus on how they can improve.

Dr. Patrick Cohn helps high school, college, and professional athletes improve mental toughness and confidence at Peak Performance Sports, LLC.

Athletes Who Are Self-Critical After Competition

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Patrick Cohn Mental Performance Coach

Dr. Patrick Cohn is a mental training expert at Peak Performance Sports. Dr. Cohn works with athletes and teams worldwide from a variety of sport backgrounds including soccer players and coaches. As the president and founder of Peak Performance Sports (Orlando, Florida), Dr. Patrick J. Cohn is dedicated to instilling confidence and composure, and teaching effective mental game skills to help athletes, teams and corporate professionals perform at maximum levels.

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