SPORTS PSYCHOLOGY TO HARNESS THE ZONE

When you are ready to push the limits and stretch beyond your dreams, Everest Strong Coaching is here to empower your mind and body to join forces for extraordinary results. Enter the zone on command for outstanding performance.

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Mental Game Coaching

Mental Game Coaching

Sports Psychology to Harness the Zone.

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Supporting Your Child’s Athletics With Prim Siripipat

Everest Strong Coaching podcast hosted Prim Siripipat, ESPN anchor and former elite amateur tennis player to discuss the realities of being a competitive youth athlete. We cover a variety of topics that affect an athlete’s mental health (& mental game) ranging from perceived pressure to life after sport.    Prim and I discuss the hyper…

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Collective Action Problem: Adolescents Leading a Phone-Based Existence

The emergence of technology and social media has created a new generation of children experiencing life through a phone-based existence. Although technology has increased the level of ease in our lives, it poses a threat to adolescents and their mental health. Data shows that teen girls spend 20 hours a week on social media. Social…

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Dr. Karla Steingraber, sport psychologist and mental game coach, welcomes college athletes Taylor Roberts and Phoebe Brinker, along with Robert Jones Black, the great grandson of the golf legend Bobby Jones, to talk about making mental health a priority, especially for teens and youth athletes.

Frequently Asked Questions

What’s the purpose of a mental game coach or sports psychologist?

Get that mental edge, you’ve got training plan, exercise plan, nutrition plan, now it’s the internal workout

What are common problems?

  • Low motivation
  • Stress
  • Anxiety before competition
  • Fear of losing
  • Fear of winning

How do you work with someone to give them the edge they need?

  • Depends on the issue
  • Attentional or emotional control, mental toughness, motivation, zone skills
  • A direction gets determined, maybe more than one area
  • Get started, homework, practice in office

Is this just for adults or child athletes too?

  • Absolutely both
  • Of course, there’s a limit, you won’t bring in a 3 yo soccer player, but a more mature 7 yo is possible

How should parents know when their little athlete needs to work with a psychologist versus a mental game coach?

  • Determine what’s really going on,
  • Is it pre-existing to sport?
  • Is the behavior only on the court or also in other arenas?
  • Things I’ve seen
  • Throwing up before diving
  • Getting bored inside goal / on the mat
  • Aggressive behavior, hitting other kids when they mess up or game is lost
  • Versus golf girl who had a million reasons not to play, including loss of love of the game, no plan to continue
  • The hardest part was working with parents to let go
  • Report back, weekly evaluations