by Kolin Kriitmaa | Mar 18, 2025 | The Performance Lab
Focus, Confidence, and Composure Across Every Pitch Baseball is often described as a game of failure – but more accurately, it’s a game of mental endurance. Long seasons, frequent mistakes, extended downtime, and constant evaluation place unique demands on an...
by Kolin Kriitmaa | Mar 10, 2025 | The Performance Lab
Golf is one of the most mentally revealing sports in the world. There’s no clock to hide behind.No teammates to deflect attention.No continuous action to distract you from your thoughts. Just you, the ball, and your mind. Sport psychology for golf focuses on helping...
by Kolin Kriitmaa | Mar 4, 2025 | The Performance Lab
Soccer is often described as a physical game – but anyone who has played or coached it knows the truth: soccer is a thinking game played at speed, under fatigue, and under constant evaluation. The best players aren’t just faster or fitter. They make better...
by Kolin Kriitmaa | Feb 18, 2025 | The Performance Lab
Hockey is fast, unforgiving, and constantly evaluative. Mistakes are public. Shifts are short. Feedback is immediate. And performance is judged not just on what you do – but how consistently you do it. That’s why mental performance isn’t a “nice to have”...
by Kolin Kriitmaa | Feb 11, 2025 | The Performance Lab
Parents play a far bigger role in an athlete’s mental performance than most realize. Not by coaching from the sidelines – but by shaping the emotional, psychological, and relational environment athletes live in every day. Mental performance isn’t just what...
by Kolin Kriitmaa | Feb 4, 2025 | The Performance Lab
Today’s athletes aren’t just training harder – they’re processing more. More information.More comparison.More feedback.More pressure to perform and present themselves as high performers. Mental performance for athletes in today’s sport isn’t about...
