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The Perfectionist Trap

2016

One of the greatest obstacles to a good life is the expectation of perfection.

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Youth Sports: Tips to Help Kids Handle the Pressure

Is your child feeling the pressures of a team or individual sport? Here are some tips on helping them handle the pressure.

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2019
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My Yips Story

A former collegiate softball player talks about her struggles with mental health and the Yips during her career.

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2020
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Your Imperfect Pitching Story—A Story about the Yips

A story about the Yips. Our hope is that this story will help someone going through the yips or something similar.

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2016
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Perfectionism in Dance

Summarising SciDance Podcast Episode 1, where dance psychologist Sanna Nordin-Bates spoke about perfectionism in dance. I reflect on the key points, focusing on how dance educators can apply this research practically in the studio to support dancers’ wellbeing.

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2020
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Perfectionism and Anxiety, and Its Influence on Performance

This video is about the dual nature of perfectionism in sports: Relationships with emotion, motivation, and performance.

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2015
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Solution for Self-Critical Perfectionism in Sports

Can’t let go of mistakes you’ve done in practice or competition? Too self-critical or analytical? Discover the mental toughness solution to this mental virus that is harmful for your performance in sports!

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2015
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Fragile Confidence and Perfectionism in Volleyball

Dr. Patrick Cohn and Dr. Megan Melchiorre, our newest member to the Peak Performance Sports Mental Coaching team, start a new mental game video series for volleyball coaches, players and parents. They discuss the psychology of volleyball and some of the challenges that volleyball players have.

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2018
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How Perfectionism Stifles Young Athletes’ Success

Dr. Patrick Cohn discusses how fear of failure and perfectionism in young athletes can stifle their performance and thus success in sports.

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2009
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What Makes Elite Athletes Thrive or Dive Under Pressure? | The Economist

Psychology is an increasingly important part of elite sport. Winning at the highest levels can depend as much on peak-fitness of the mind as the body. For top-level sports people it’s not just skill and athleticism they count. So often, it’s mind over matter.

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2019
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Dr. Brené Brown on Faking It, Perfectionism and Living Wholeheartedly | SuperSoul Sunday | OWN

Daring Greatly, Dr. Brene Brown identifies 10 qualities people living a wholehearted life have in common. Here, she discusses two with Oprah. Watch to find out why Dr. Brown says inauthenticity is contagious and why perfectionism is really another form of fear.

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Brené Brown
2013
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