Feelings Can be Contagious in Youth Sports Athletes can pick up on others’ feelings--often negative--in youth sports. In fact, feelings can snowball from one player to another, either lifting the team up emotionally …
Improve Sports Kids’ Mental Toughness
Helping Young Athletes Boost Resilience Resilience is an important trait for all athletes in sports. It helps them bounce back after losses, injuries and other types of adversity, says psychologist and former sports …
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Teach Sports Kids To Focus on What They Can Control
How to Control What is Controllable Do your sports kids worry too much before and during competitions? When they worry, they’re often trying to control issues related to performance that are outside of their direct …
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Play Confidently to Win
Help Your Athletes Close out Competitions Are your sports kids confident in their ability to close out games? Or do they get scared and play sloppily when their team is ahead? Whether your kids play soccer, …
Helping Sports Kids Avoid Burnout
The Importance of Balance in an Athlete's Life Hernan Chousa is a former tennis pro and sports dad to a tennis player who is now playing at a Division 1 college. His son started playing early, and burnt out at age …
Help Young Athletes Build Trust and Confidence
Two Mental Skills Important for Success Trust and confidence are very important for young athletes' success in sports and are interrelated. If athletes lack confidence, they don’t believe in their ability to …
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