Dealing with the feelings of intimidation

Dealing with the feelings of intimidation Q & A on how to deal with intimidation of a bus. Question of the Month: How do you deal with a young athlete who awed by his coach? My son only HS Varsity team. It is a great Hitter, Fielder, etc. Suddenly, can not lay at the front of the bus. He can throw, if the bus is not fun, but if the coach is only his hand freezes up. This happened two days in a row now. I think he is intimidated by the coach. How can get rid of this problem? Dr. Cohn? S Answer: This could be intimidating or could be that your son wants to impress the new coaches and teammates, or it could be something completely different. If I had the opportunity to talk with your son, I want to explore what he thinks, if the coach is like throwing it? What are you most conceed, with the coach when you look at steps? Or? How does it feel when you walk in front of the bus. I do not think it's a matter of self-confidence, with your son. It seems that the powers in the game for baseball. Without further conversation with him, I would say that he was too much of what the coach believes that about him in general. He can try to impress the coaches, team acceptance, or is conceed about the loss of a starting point for the team on the spot. Another thing: some athletes get an earful of the bus after an error. In any case, the child is too focused on the outcome and conceed about the outcome of the launch. In my opinion, is the blocking, because he tried too hard and on the control of waste. Fear has a bad throw to the over-reaction control. If that happens, he is forced to seek his spear and too difficult to make it perfect. He is probably not a bad walk. The body loses? S pace and time and then throw in the look and feel uncomfortable. Sometimes it's so bad that can? T issue or start launch. He must ensure that the two adaptations. The first is to stop thinking about the consequences of a good or a bad throw (which could also be). This means focusing on the task and the ingredients for a good launch. The second adjustment needs to get its natural time steps and with freedom. Very simply, he must show, less confidence and his natural ability. This means that the purpose and steps without trying to create a perfect throw or a bad throw. Responding to the finish line with confidence, will be there. The author Dr. Patrick J. Cohn is a leading mental game coach who deals with professional and amateur athletes. He is the author of Going Low, Peak Performance Golf, The Mental Game of Golf and spiritual nature of their implementation. Additional information is available at (888) 742-7225. Or sign up for free mental game tips newsletter at: