University of Minnesota Athletics
Sports Medicine
Assessment and Mental Skills Training
Assessment (Mental Skills & Personality)
Assessments can provide useful information about a student-athlete's mental skills, communication style, sport learning preferences, competitive nature, personal motivators, leadership characteristics and personality. They can be administered to individuals or teams and a scheduled feedback session can be done to review/interpret your results.
Mental Skills Training
Mental skills coaching helps enhance and/or restore performance.  It is for those who wish to strengthen their "mental game" and perform better when it counts. We help student-athletes harness the power of the mind to perform with greater confidence & consistency when under pressure, when fatigued, and on demand. Most student-athletes train very hard physically, but few train hard mentally.
 Topics may include, but are not limited to:- Mental toughness and confidence
-Â Overcoming fear & mental blocks
-Â Performance anxiety
-Â Self-control & Awareness
-Â Team chemistry
-Â Focus & consistency- Â Performing under pressure
-Â Difficulty communicating with teammates or coaches
-Â Distractibility in competition
-Â Lack of joy and fun in sport
-Â Performance slumps
- Leadership skills  Return to Sport Psychology
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