| Dr. Patrick Cohn,
a national expert in “mental game” coaching and sports
psychology, is now offering golf teachers, psychologists, and
sport psychologists in training a one-of-a-kind program that will
allow them to become “certified” as mental game coaches.
Under the Mental Game Coaching Professional (MGCP) program, qualifying
participants take part in a 20-week tele-course. Participants
learn how to help athletes build confidence, enhance their focusing
skills, improve teamwork, build communication skills and maximize
performance. The course material is based on Dr. Cohn’s
12 years’ experience teaching athletes how to build confidence
and “get in the zone.”
“The MGCP certification program teaches participants the
skills and techniques needed to empower teams or individual athletes
at any level, including, junior, high school, college, or professional
players,” says Dr. Cohn, who earned a Ph.D. in Education
specializing in sport psychology from the University of Virginia.
Dr. Cohn has been a mental game coach to amateur and professional
golfers for over 12 years, and some of his clients include Brian
Watts, J.L. Lewis, Glen Hnatiuk, and Tom Gillis.
There isn’t any programs like this available, he notes.
“The other option is to go through a formal education program
in sports psychology or clinical psychology.” During the
20-week program, participants get hands-on experience dealing
with real-life challenges. For example, one of the MGCP participants
is now working with two high school basketball players. He’ll
help them identify the circumstances under which they lack or
lose confidence, and will give them tips for boosting their confidence
and improving their overall game.
"Confidence issues are the biggest hurdle to improving an
athlete's performance,” says Dr. Cohn. After athletes work
with Dr. Cohn, they are better able to fend off doubt and boost
their confidence. MGCP participants will learn Dr. Cohn's techniques
for instilling confidence in players.
Participants who complete the program will receive an MGCP certificate,
will use the MGCP title and insignia, and will be listed on peaksports.com
as a certified MGCP. Dr. Cohn noted that he launched the program
in part because he receives many inquiries about where to find
“mental game” coaches in different parts of the country.
In order to qualify for the program, participants must have 10
years or more experience as a competitive athlete, coach or trainer;
or a Ph.D. in psychology of Master’s in counseling psychology.
They must have access to a team or individual athletes who they
can train during the program.
For more information, visit www.peaksports.com
or call 888-742-7225.
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