Is your performance held back by fear? If your performance is stuck and not improving, it’s a good bet that you are limited by your own fear. Fear comes in many forms – fear of failure, fear of success, fear of embarrassment, and so on. Many of my students hit a wall of worry caused by these fears
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Sports Psychology Tip
Take Confident Action
Are you in control of your own level of confidence prior to competition? Do you know how to harness the power of a confident mindset quickly when needed? If not, you need to take action – take confident action. Many athletes make the mistakes of not taking responsibility for their own confidence
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Boosting Kids Self-Esteem
When kids are so focused on winning that it takes them up to a day to recover from a loss, they likely link their self-worth or self-esteem to winning. That’s not the best scenario. When sports kids lose a game, their self-esteem suffers. Kids should not link their self-esteem with winning.
Kids’
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What is the Zone?
Athletes talk so much about performing in the zone and how awesome it feels. Many athletes view the zone as this magical, hard-to-obtain state of mind. But the zone is really not that complicated or hard to achieve. For sure, you can't expect to get into a zone state every time you compete, but you
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Post-game Tips for Parents
Young athletes play their best when they feel confident and can learn from their mistakes. After a game, follow these tips: (1) It’s important to be positive after the game. Both coaches and parents can find one or two positive things to say about how the kids played.
(2) Be clear that your
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Finding the Zone
If the zone is that simple, why can't athletes achieve this mindset every time they hit the court or step on the diamond? Many of the top athletes do. But some athletes are blocked from getting into the zone because they are overtaken by massive distractions such as fear of failure and worry. How do
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When Kids Adopt Parents’ Expectations
At Kids’ Sports Psychology, we’ve found that kids with high expectations--whether these expectations come from parents or from the kids themselves--are more likely to get angry. If they can’t achieve their own high standards, they get frustrated and angry rather quickly.
To help kids with high
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A Formula for Success
The first place I start with my individual students is introduce my formula for success and eliminated unhealthy expectations. The three tenants include: (1) Identify and eradicate expectations that limit success. (2) Replace expectations with manageable objectives instead of "strict" expectations.
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