Mental Game Skills for Young Athletes
Learn how to improve your athletes' confidence, focus, and composure with sports psychology strategies:
In my work as a mental game coach, I often focus on the mental training challenges of athlete, coach, or team. However, many mental game experts leave out a very important group -- sports parents. Parents are critical to an …
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Sports parents can easily become upset with coaches who play favorites. When this happens, parents face a dilemma: Should they approach coaches about their athletes' lack of playing time and risk making matters worse? Your …
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Parents should never under-estimate the importance of coaches in their children's lives. Coaches can boost or undermine kids' confidence and self-esteem. If you see any signs that a coach is hurting your young athlete's …
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Competition is inherent to sports. And competition is everywhere -- not just in sports. Kids compete on the playground, with siblings, and even in school. Some young athletes thrive on competition and truly enjoy it. Other …
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Parents communicate in many ways with their kids through conversation, tone of voice, body language and facial expressions. Sports can be an exciting topic to discuss with your young athletes. It's important to be as …
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Homeschooling, or home education directed by parents, is a growing alternative for many children across the country. The number of homeschooled children will grow between 5 to 12% each year, according to the National Home …
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Jane H. Scarrow's Success Story Using Kids' Sports Psychology Here's the letter Jane sent us via email--in her own words: What was your young athlete's mental game challenge (or challenges)? My son is a young golfer, …
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Mental focus is especially critical in figure skating, where skaters have just four and a half minutes to perform over a dozen high-risk elements with confidence and accuracy, says Scott Smith, an internationally competitive …
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