How to Overcome Performance Anxiety in Youth Sports

Pro football players overcome their fears of performance anxiety

Performance anxiety in any sport is real and holds us back from pushing forward.  So, what do we do?  All anxiety comes from the fears in our minds.  These fears come in many different forms. Sports Psychology and Overcoming Performance Anxiety Sports psychology is an interdisciplinary science that draws on knowledge from many related fields including biomechanics, physiology, kinesiology, and psychology. It […]

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San Diego Sports Hypnotist

Sports hypnosis used in olympics

So you just landed here on this page about Sports Hypnosis and are probably wondering what this is all about.  When I first heard the term years ago it sounded pretty weird to me.  I thought it had something to do with making people cluck like a chicken and do weird acts that you see on […]

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How To Build Confidence For Youth Sports

how to build confidence

I know I’ve written about confidence before but this is a topic that will come up all the time.  Let’s start at the beginning of building confidence and really break this down.  So, what is confidence?  It is a thought or a belief that you can make something (anything) happen.  All your thoughts and beliefs […]

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How To Teach Athletes To Be Relentless

R is for Be Relentless

What does it mean to be relentless?  It is that athlete that won’t quit, never gives up, just a relentless competitor and always goes for it. This isn’t what we are talking about today though, so sit back and let’s talk about the “R” in my R.A.C.E. formula. You need to be relentless on getting […]

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Powerful Tip To Gain Courage: “It’s Just Chemicals”

Thinking It's just chemicals pushes you forward

Time to dive the root of 90% of fear with my “It’s just Chemicals.”  Embarrassment, anger, sadness, disappointment cause fear in most people.  I’ve felt these very same feelings throughout my life and know I will feel them again, but get this….I’m not afraid of them.  Have you had times in your life where you […]

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Fear of Failure

Fear of Failure Doesn't Exist

Have you played timidly or lacked aggressiveness?  Sometimes you may doubt yourself or overthink your moves which can cause you to get tense or tight or stiff and lose your coordination?  You’re afraid that if you blow it or make a mistake that you will be a failure and then bad things can happen to […]

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Fear of Rejection

US national diving team

Are we really afraid of what others think of us or about us?  Fear of rejection is very real and can cause us to mentally block in our performance in competition.  We are scared to let our teammates down, disappoint our coaches and parents, etc.  Tip #2 to being fearless in competition is using the […]

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Being Fearless in Competition

Fear written with scrabble letters

This tip can be the most powerful mental skill you will ever learn for your sport and it actually carries you through your entire life.  You are here and reading this because maybe you want to be Fearless in competition?  And you may want to be Courageous?  How would you like to stop being nervous […]

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How to Conquer Fear In 2 Simple Steps

Fearless baseball player

I have often told my students that whenever you feel the feelings of fear, ask yourself a simple question: “Where is the fear in this”?  In order to conquer fear, you need to master those fears.  Fears will never go away.  They are here to protect us.  We can take over those fears and use them to […]

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The Key to Destroying Mental Blocks That Hold You Back

fearless-in-sports-mental-blocks-gymnast

Many athletes in sports like gymnastics, baseball and golf are extremely vulnerable to mental blocks that not only keep them from performing like they do in practice but hold them back from getting to the next level of the game. What exactly are mental blocks in sports? This happens when an athlete cannot physically perform their […]

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