Your Child’s Mental Game Summary: Assessing your child’s mental game helps you understand why they may under-perform during competition. The issue may not be physical skill or effort but a lack of mental toughness. Key signs include a drop in performance from practice to games, low self-confidence, anxiety before competition, … Read Sport Psychology Tip
Sports can be a Great way to Build a Relationship Parents who coach their kids can build strong bonds and support their development. Balancing the roles of parent and coach is challenging and can cause tension if not managed well. Parents who coach should avoid favouring their child, focus on … Read Sport Psychology Tip
How to Help Your Sports Kid Break a Performance Slump Summary: Many young athletes face a performance slump at some point, which means a sustained drop in their skills over weeks or months. Not every poor game signals a slump; the decline must last longer to qualify. To address a … Read Sport Psychology Tip
Steps to Prepare Athletes Mentally Summary: Mental training should begin long before game dayto prepare. Last-minute advice and pressure can overwhelm young athletes and hurt their performance. Instead, introduce mental skills early in the season, help them overcome common myths, and show them how mental training improves confidence, focus, and … Read Sport Psychology Tip
Embrace Mental Training Summary: Many young athletes resist mental training because they don’t understand its value or associate it with weakness. However, developing mental toughness is essential for consistent sports performance and confidence. This article helps parents and coaches overcome common myths and attitudes that prevent kids from embracing mental … Read Sport Psychology Tip
What Happens When You Focus on Winning Summary: Many youth sports parents struggle with the fact that coaches focus too much on winning, often at the expense of young athletes’ confidence and personal growth. When winning becomes the priority, kids who are less skilled may get left out, and those … Read Sport Psychology Tip