Sports Psychology for Athletes and Coaches
As an athlete, sometimes your toughest opponent can be your own mind. OhioHealth's Sports Psychology program teaches you how to train your mental muscle to work hard for you.
Shutting down your mental opposition takes more than "thinking like a winner." OhioHealth's Sports Psychology program trains student and adult athletes, coaches and teams how to overcome mental barriers and perform to maximum potential.
Our sports psychologist teaches athletes, parents and coaches strategies and exercises to improve the mental side of sports-confidence, relaxation and focus on performance. Athletes train to optimize mental performance, and parents and coaches learn how to better train and support their athletes.
Our sports psychologist consults with both individuals and teams help address issues that can affect the mental side of your game, as well as overall health. We provide services and cover topics such as:
- Mental training and performance seminars
- Parenting and coaching young athletes
- Psychology of optimal coaching
- Managing depression, anxiety and relationships
- Eating disorders
- Stress management
- Recovery from injuries
- Drug and/or alcohol use and abuse
Specialty Training that Strengthens Your Athletic Team
When it comes to sports, everyone brings something different to the game. OhioHealth sports psychology services help athletes, parents and coaches learn how to improve and strengthen their roles.
Student and adult athletes
Improve performance by learning mental skills, including:
- Getting in the zone
- Setting and achieving goals
- Performing under pressure
- Managing and letting go of mistakes
- Effective self-talk
- Imagery
- Performing with confidence
- Staying motivated
Parents
Learn how to address the unique challenges and questions you face as a parent of a student athlete, such as:
- Whether your child should specialize in a sport
- Preparing your child for playing at the collegiate level
- Helping your child stay motivated
- Preventing your child from burning out
- Teaching your child a winning mental mindset
- Determining if you're too involved in your child's sport
Coaches
Learn mental skills and how to put them into play during practice. Sports psychology can help coaches:
- Improve team cohesion
- Overcome team conflict
- Improve communication
- Improve your own performance as a coach