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Tour Kids' Sports Psychology & Sample Articles

Kids' Sports Psychology offers cutting-edge mental game tools for young athletes, sports parents, and coaches. Here you will find samples of the information available to help your young athletes achieve their potential!

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Please tour our sample Kids' Sports Psychology audio programs, videos, and articles below.

Listen to our Expert Interviews!

As a member of Kids Sports Psychology, you can listen to our expert interviews with successful sports parents, coaches youth sports experts and sports psychologists. . . . Sport Psychology Tip

Download Checklists for Sports Parents!

As a member of Kids' Sports Psychology, you can download quick parenting reminders with our checklists for sports parents. Our checklists give you quick and easy tips to help your kids success in sports . . . Sport Psychology Tip

Download Age-Specific Mental Game E-books for Kids!

As a member of Kids' Sports Psychology, you can download mental game e-books written specifically for kids age 5-10 and 11-20. Lisa Cohn, an award-winning parenting writer, knows how to write e-books that kids can easily understand . . . Sport Psychology Tip

Sample Kids' Sports Psychology Video

Watch a sample sports psychology video for kids. Each short kids' videos discusses important mental strategies to help young athletes improve their mental toughness using simple, and easy to understand mental strategies . . . Sport Psychology Tip

Helping Young Athletes Kick Perfectionism Program

As a member of Kids' Sports Psychology, you can download a new program for sports kids: "Sports Parents' Top Dilemma: Helping Young Athletes Kick Perfectionism and Fear of Failure." Regularly $118 retail, but free for members!

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How to Help Kids Follow Through on Their Goals

Too often, sports parents set goals for their kids that are different than the kids' goals, says Dony Wilcher, program director for Showtime Athletics. It's important to help sports kids follow through on them, he says . . . Sport Psychology Tip

Mental Game Success Story About Perfectionism

As a member, you can listen to The Ultimate Sports Parent Radio podcasts in one spot before they are published on iTunes! Listen to this podcast on a mental game success story about the challenges of perfectionism in sports
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When Coaches Focus Too Much on Winning

Genma Holmes, a parent to three athletes aged 15-20, says one of her biggest challenges over the years has been dealing with coaches who are so focused on winning that they undermine young athletes' confidence . . . Sport Psychology Tip

Is Your Star Being Bullied By Other Athletes?

Sixteen-year-old Sarah, a swimmer who has qualified for state championships in the butterfly doesn't get to enjoy her successes. Whenever she does better than her teammate Wendy, Wendy turns the other girls on Sarah . . . Sport Psychology Tip

How Kids Embrace a Success-Oriented Attitude

A number of factors can influence whether a young athlete lives up to his or her potential. As a sports parent, Brad Tebbutt of Portland faces a classic challenge: His 12-year-old son, Jordan, doesn't play to the best of his abilities . . . Sport Psychology Tip

8 Simple Guidelines for Sports Parents

Sports parents have a big impact on their young superstars. A healthy and successful sports experience will depend on sports parents' ability to instill confidence and self-esteem in athletes . . . Sport Psychology Tip

Do Your Kids Psych Themselves Out?

Julia Dreyer's two teen girls, successful equestrians, struggle with a common problem: Rather than focusing on their own strengths before a competition, they concentrate too much on their competitors' assets . . . Sport Psychology Tip

The Top Dangers of Sideline Coaching

Read about the latest hot topics in youth sports psychology and youth coaching. For example, too often well-meaning parents live through their children and expect their kids to take on their own dreams and goals. . . . Sport Psychology Tip

Hall of Fame Soccer Coach Al Miller Interview

Listen to a sample of one our expert interviews with Hall or Fame Soccer coach Al Miller. Al Miller offers his insight on youth coaching and sports parenting. Dr. Cohn and Al Miller discuss parents' role in youth sports . . . Sport Psychology Tip

Sample "Ask The Experts" Q and A

As an exclusive member of Kids' Sports Psychology, you can email sports psychology questions to Dr. Cohn and Lisa Cohn and get their answer or you can read other Ask the Expert Q and As. . . . Sport Psychology Tip

Helping Athletes Handle High-Pressure Situations

Young equestrians face tremendous pressure. Not only do they feel the need to perform up to their abilities, but they must cope with the ups-and-downs of their horses, as well as the potential for danger . . . Sport Psychology Tip