Parents, young athletes come up with a lot of reasons for resisting mental training. They’ll tell you that their coaches and peers will think they’re weak if they embrace mental training. They’ll tell you they’re already tough. Your athletes will say their coaches don’t think mental training is
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Sports Parents
Help Sports Kids Set Goals
Goal-setting is important to help young athletes reach their dreams. Setting goals can improve motivation, focus and dedication to their sport. Goals helps athletes improve their weaknesses and structure practices. Setting goals is one of the most important ways to experience success in sports and
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Communication with Sports Kids
After a competition, parents too often launch into analyzing their kid’s performance--at a time when kids aren’t ready to listen. They also give too many tips related to practice. Kids don’t see their parents as experts, even when parents have valuable information to share.
Parents need the
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Self-Confidence Roller Coaster
Are you on the self-confidence roller coaster? Many athletes allow their confidence to be thrashed around by immediate results and circumstances. What do I mean by the confidence roller coaster? Athletes with fragile confidence lose it when they hit a bad shot, fail to make a play, or lose a
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Kids’ Self-Motivation in Sports
Parents should be concerned about their kids' motivation in sports. Motivation is one of the keys to success in any endeavor. Athletes can have all the physical talent in the world, but if they can’t act on it with enthusiasm, commitment, and dedication, they won’t realize their full
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Sports Kids with Fragile Confidence
Sports – at any level – is a game of confidence. Kids who have tons of confidence will usually rise above the competition. Under pressure, these kids’ performance will thrive because of their strong belief in their ability. Sports parents are concerned that their kids focus on the negative and
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Helping Kids Take Practice to Competition
Frustrated parents want to know why athletes don’t perform as well in games as they do in practice... In some sports, such as skating or gymnastics, athletes spend months training for one major competition all year. These athletes spend 95% of practice time training their skills.
Young athletes
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Observe the Cool Down Period
Your young athletes can get very emotional after a loss. They might be frustrated, angry, upset and down about the loss. Parents can also be emotional after a lose. They are emotionally invested too and sometimes can say the wrong things right after a game.
We recommend a "cool down" period of at
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