Dr. Patrick Cohn | Gymnastics Mental Coach

How Confidence Can Help Manage Anxiety

Managing Your Anxiety When Performing Does your confidence waver during important competitions?At major meets, do you become overwhelmed by anxiety and have difficulty performing at high levels? Confidence and performance anxiety have an inverse relationship. When your confidence is high, your anxiety level decreases. The most effective strategy to perform well at high-level competitions is to improve confidence while simultaneously … Boost Confidence>>

Jordyn Wieber’s Mental Toughness

Resilience in Gymnastics Are you a mentally tough and resilient gymnast? When faced with adversity during a critical moment in competition, how do you respond? Are you able to quickly rebound and “get back on the horse” or do you freeze and bemoan your situation? Do you have the courage to move forward or do you half-heartedly go through the … Boost Confidence>>

Do You Have a Sturdy or Fragile Confidence?

Improving Gymnastic Confidence When performing, does your confidence feel like it’s on a roller coaster? When you do well does your confidence soar and after one mistake, does it take a nosedive? Some gymnasts have fragile self-confidence. This means their self-confidence changes quickly depending on how well they are performing. Why do some gymnasts have stable self-confidence, while other gymnasts … Boost Confidence>>

Overcoming Disappointment With Mental Toughness

Turn Disappointment into Mental Toughness As a gymnast, you will have your share of ups and downs. Consider your gymnastics career to be like a roller coaster ride… The peaks are exciting as you learn new skills, reach new heights athletically and attain new achievements. Along the way, you will also have disappointments, such as injuries, mistakes and losses. How … Boost Confidence>>

How To Let Go of Mistakes In Gymnastics

Moving on After Mistakes Mistakes happen in gymnastics. Even the most elite gymnasts make mistakes. By allowing these mistakes to bother you, it can mess up your performance and overall self-confidence. The number one distraction for gymnasts is dwelling on past mistakes. Dwelling on past mistakes can hurt your performance because you are not focused on the current skill. If … Boost Confidence>>

When Siblings Compete In Gymnastics

Are Sibling Rivalries Healthy in Gymnastics? Being a sibling comes with many advantages and disadvantages… One large part of having a sibling is the constant competition. Whatever each sibling does, typically they will end up competing with each for their parents’ praise. If both are involved in gymnastics, this can increase sibling rivalry. Some siblings will be supportive and help … Boost Confidence>>