Patrick Cohn, Ph.D. 
What Leads to a Comeback in Football? And what causes a meltdown? Comebacks and meltdowns are on opposite sides of the spectrum but the basis of both is quite similar. Comebacks and meltdowns are affected by mindset, more particularly whether you are focused in the past, present or future. Whether or not you have a … Read More
How Do You Define Confidence? Self-confidence is defined as the belief in you ability to execute your football skills in games. Unfortunately, confidence can be fragile for many athletes–meaning it can up and down with every play. Mistakes can lead to slight doubts and these doubts undermine your self-confidence. Bad players, bad games, can cause … Read More
Get Focused for Each Play Do you (or your athletes) struggle with feeling prepared before each play? Is your mental approach to each play inconsistent? Do you dwell on the last play or judge your performance each play? The reason why you feel a lack of focus or consistency is probably due to your preplay … Read More
Coping with Mistakes Do you (or your athletes) get caught up in mistakes, leading to more mental errors on the football field? Most athletes swill dwell on mistakes because of their high expectations about performance. The think making a mistake is unacceptable and they tend to get stuck on the mistake and can’t move on. … Read More
How to Play Instinctively Do you (or your athletes) focus too much on the details of playing the game? Do you over think what play you should run or become indecisive? That means you are not trusting in your skills. So, how do you play athletically on the football field? You must embrace two different … Read More
Proactive Confidence for Football Players Do you (or your athletes) wait until the first series or few plays of the game to decide how confident you are feeling that game? We call that reactive confidence or leaving confidence to chance. An important skill for football players is to have proactive confidence. In order to have … Read More