Communication is the ability to share meaningful information with others through verbal and non-verbal language. Communication from you, the coach, to the athlete is more than just sending a one-way message. As a coach, you have to be a good listener, you need to accurately understand your students,
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Support Sports Kids, Not Pressure Them
It’s critical that parents separate their dreams for their young athletes from the young athletes’ dreams. The best way to do this is to ask your young athletes what they want. Generally, kids who want to play in college or want to be pros someday are pretty motivated on their own.
Supporting
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Visualize Success for Greater Confidence
Confidence is the belief in your ability and it can include two areas: a general belief in your ability to win; and a task-specific belief in your ability to hit a shot, catch, ride, and strategize. How do athletes develop confidence prior to competition?
Confidence comes from many sources and it
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Mental Preparation for Athletes
When players feel prepared, they also feel confident. An important task in mental preparation is the ability to anticipate challenges you or the team might face in competition. The ability to think ahead to the challenges you may face and have strategies in place is the best way to prepare your
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Help Athletes Focus on Success
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
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Simplify Your Performance for Greater Success
Athletes should simplify their performance to avoid getting in their own way. Simplifying your performance will allow you to play freely without over thinking your performance. The first step towards simplifying your performance is having trust in your practice and preparation.
The purpose of
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Developing Team Leaders
Coaches should choose responsible and respected team leaders as their captains. Your team captains have a huge impact on your team's success. It is much easier to help athletes further develop their leadership skills than to start from scratch.
Look for leaders when structuring your team such as
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