Motocross and auto racing mental training expert, Dr. Patrick Cohn, at racingpsychology.com helps NASCAR, Motocross, and motorcycle racers improve performance and lap times by boosting mental preparation, focus, and confidence on race day. Learn motocross and auto racing coaching techniques and strategies.

In today’s mental training session for racers, I help a racer overcome his fear of re-injury.  I answer the following mental game of racing question:

“My biggest challenge is the fear I developed after breaking my back in 7 places while practicing. I feel too afraid to jump because I am scared of hurting my back again. I have a partially herniated disc due to my big crash and several of my discs are ruined. How can I conquer this fear and continue to progress with my riding?” 

Overcoming an injury is just as much mental as it is physical. Many racers worry about re-injury on the track.  Worrying about re-injury is a legitimate fear.  Some racers may try to avoid mistakes to protect themselves from injury. In that case, racers think too much about mistakes, which may cause them to tighten up. The key is to think about execution, or what you need to do to race successfully. Learn how to improve your performance with mental skills training.

Listen to this podcast on “fear of re-injury” to learn racing psychology tips to prepare mentally for a race!

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 RacePsych Podcast 20 [4:25m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

In today’s racing psychology session, I introduce mental training in racing for motocross and auto racers. I answer the following mental game of racing question:

“What is racing psychology and how can it help me improve my performance?”

Racecar driver psychology or mental training for motocross helps motor sports racers who are struggling with the self-confidence, focus, or composure on the racetrack. I help auto and motocross racers who are in a confidence slump, distracted at the track, or are returning from a racing injury and need to trust their driving or riding skills again.

In addition, mental game of racing strategies helps racers who want to improve consistency, improve lap times via mental training, or just want to think better on the racetrack. I help racers learn how to prepare mentally for races by use a prerace routine build on proven motor sports and auto racing mental game techniques.

Listen the first podcast on “What is racing psychology” to learn more about how to mentally prepare yourself for a big race!

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 Intro the Racing Psychology [5:22m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

My recent racing psychology survey suggests that the biggest challenge for motor sports racers is how to take practice or qualifying speed into races on race day. Here is an example of the questions I received in the mental game of racing survey I conducted: