Help Your Athletes Learn Mental Game Skills for Sports and Life!
Patrick Cohn, Ph.D. and Lisa E. Cohn, share youth sports psychology articles, mental training videos, and youth sports psychology expert interviews on many topics for sports parents and young athletes. And your athletes can get expert mental coaching with our certified mental performance coaches…
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About Kids’ Sports Psychology
Dr. Patrick Cohn and Lisa Cohn, owners of The Ultimate Sports Parent website, developed Kids’ Sports Psychology to help parents, coaches, and mental game experts improve confidence and success of young athletes.
The Ultimate Sports Parent was developed by Dr. Patrick Cohn, a leading “mental game” expert, and his sister Lisa Cohn, a parenting writer and sports mom to four children.
Kids Sports Psychology provides sports parents, coaches, and educators with the cutting edge programs for enhancing sports parenting and youth coaching skills to boost kids’ mental game toughness and success sports.
Read articles, watch videos, and download a mental toughness eBook that help your kids quickly boost confidence and success in sports! Read youth sports articles…
Mental Coaching for Young Athletes
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Kids’ Sport Psychology Articles & Videos
Helping Young Athletes Respond—Not React—to Setbacks
Sports kids need to learn how to respond–not react–to setbacks, said Dayton Hansen, chief operating officer at ICL Academy, an online school that aims to help students pursue passions such as … Read Sport Psychology Tip
Strategies for Coaches to Improve Athletes’ Mental Game
Good coaches can motivate athletes to try their hardest. They can help kids move on from mistakes. They can even change kids’ lives, said Dylan Meyer, 22, a former college … Read Sport Psychology Tip
How to Problem Solve for Athletes
Solving Problems as an Athlete Competitive sports have their fair share of ups and downs, and most players experience highs and lows during their career. When players are at a … Read Sport Psychology Tip
What Happens During Mental Training
Welcome to the Sports Psychology Podcast by Dr. Patrick Coach of Peak Performance Sports. Dr. Cohn and Georgia Miller, CMPC discuss the challenges sports parents face with young athletes and how to make … Read Sport Psychology Tip
Mental Toughness Training for Sports Video
Are you not sure what mental training is? In this video, sport parents will learn what happens in a mental training session with our team of certified and experienced coaches. … Read Sport Psychology Tip
The Importance of Passion & Purpose for Young Athletes’ Success
Cathy Spaas was a professional equestrian show jumper at a young age and knows what it’s like to suffer from pressure. Spaas was riding international shows at the age of 14, … Read Sport Psychology Tip
How Self-Talk Boosts Athletes’ Confidence
How Self-Talk Will Change Your Game Sports kids can determine if self-talk influences their performance by thinking of competitions when they fell apart. What were their thoughts before spiraling downward? … Read Sport Psychology Tip
Helping Athletes Respond Better to Criticism
How to Handle Criticism How has negative criticism affected your young athlete’s confidence in past athletic competitions? Even though criticism can be helpful, it is also hurtful. Negative criticism can … Read Sport Psychology Tip
One Mistake We See Sports Parents Make
Welcome to the Sports Psychology Podcast by Dr. Patrick Coach of Peak Performance Sports Dr. Cohn and Georgia Miller, CMPC discuss the challenges sports parents face with young athletes and how to make sports … Read Sport Psychology Tip
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