Mental Game Skills for Young Athletes
Many young athletes experience a slump in performance at one time in their sports experience. Sometimes a slump may be short lived, but many times slumps last for prolonged periods -- even months. A slump is a …
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Step 1: Begin Mental Training Long Before Game Day You can't just jump in on game day and start preparing athletes mentally. More than anything, that will harm them. Tossing a lot of information at sports kids just …
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For some athletes, mental training is an untouched avenue to improve sports performance. Many athletes do not understand mental training and may be skeptical about its value. Learn how parents can help kids embrace …
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Genma Holmes, a parent to three athletes aged 15-20, says one of her biggest youth sports psychology challenges over the years has been dealing with coaches who are so focused on winning that they undermine young …
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Too often well-meaning parents live through their children and expect their kids to take on their own dreams and goals. As a youth soccer coach in Portland, Ore., Sue Mak confesses that she found herself too emotionally …
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Too often, sports parents set goals for their kids that are different than the kids' goals, says Dony Wilcher, a popular basketball coach and program director for Showtime Athletics, a youth sports organization in …
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