How to Keep Sports Kids Motivated For Cami Hawkins, CEO of Marathon Kids, an organization that provides resources for schools to start running clubs, motivating kids is all about setting small goals and celebrating …
Improve Sports Kids’ Confidence and Focus
How to Use Mental Imagery to Boost Performance Mental imagery is a useful mental game skill that can improve young athletes’ performance. Many athletes have experienced success using visualization daily in their …
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Helping Young Athletes Stay Calm
How to Move on After Mistakes Many sports kids feel that achieving peak performance means that they must have a perfect performance or game. However, this mindset can hurt kids’ mental game and performance. These …
Helping Young Athletes Overcome Pregame Anxiety
Young athletes will often say they’re so anxious they feel sick to their stomach before a game or competition. Some sports kids can’t shake this anxiety as a season progresses and they get used to performing in …
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Why Parents Need to Support Their Kids’ Mental Game
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 …
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What To Do When a Coach Plays Favorites
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 …
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