Patrick Cohn

Dr. Patrick Cohn helps athletes and teams worldwide from a variety of sport backgrounds improve mental toughness for sports. He’s helped junior to NHL hockey players improve their mental toughness. As the president and founder of Peak Performance Sports (Orlando, Florida), Dr. Cohn is dedicated to instilling confidence, composure, focus, and teaching powerful mental game skills to help athletes, teams and corporate professionals perform at maximum levels. Dr. Cohn also teaches sports parents and coaches of young athletes how to help athletes achieve peak performance through sports psychology training. In addition, he teaches his mental game coaching system, the MGCP certification program (Mental Game Coaching Professional) to qualified coaches, trainers, and sports psychology students in training.

Blackhawks: Riding a Wave of Confidence

Momentum and Confidence in Hockey After beating the San Jose Sharks 4-2 to clench their spot in the Stanley Cup Finals, the Chicago Blackhawks are building on their confidence and momentum. The Blackhawks face the Philadelphia Flyers. An important ingredient to the Blackhawks’s success is their ability to capitalize on their wins. Sometimes you

The San Jose Sharks’ Game Plan

How Confidence Affects Your Game Plan Game plans are important for any team. Some teams base their game plans on their teams’ strengths. What can your team do well with the players you have? Some teams perform well on power plays, while other teams have great defense. Teams can also develop their game plan

Your Mental Game and Self-Intimidation

The Mental Game Challenge of Self-Intimidation Self-intimidation is a common mental game challenge for hockey players. You lose confidence by making comparisons to your competitors. Most of the time, you’re make negative comparisons, which can make you feel inferior. You might be thinking that the other team is better in terms of their skating

How to Increase Game-Time Intensity

The Importance of Pregame Mental Preparation Do you (or your players) struggle to get into the ebb and flow of the game? Do you feel like you are just going through the motions? If so, you may need to boost your game time intensity. Many players struggle maintaining their intensity in the opening minutes

Hockey Mental Toughness and The Playoffs

Boosting Mental Toughness in Hockey The New Jersey Devils lost in the first round of the playoffs 1-4 to the Philadelphia Flyers last week. Despite their loss, the team recognized the importance of staying mentally tough. New Jersey’s Dainius Zubrus said, “You’re playing the same team until you move on. Mental toughness is probably

When Playing Time Presents Problems

The Ultimate Sports Parent Radio Show at www.youthsportspsychology.com interviews Steve Shapiro, coach for the Phoenix Mustangs, a non-profit youth hockey organization. Steve Shapiro discusses the challenges young athletes and parents face with playing time and how parents and players should discuss playing time with their coach. Mental game coach Dr. Patrick Cohn provides commentary. Listen to the