When your athletes worry too much about performing correctly, they’re taking a failure-oriented approach to sports. Rather than focusing so much on what they did or could do wrong, young athletes need to aim for success. Sports parents can help kids do this by talking to the child about what he or she worries about.
Once you identify the source of fear (high expectations, social approval) help your athletes identify small goals objectives that will help them aim for success, rather than avoid failure. Taking on small goals is a critical step toward becoming a success-oriented player, rather than a failure-oriented player.
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