Kids sports psychology podcasts for sports parents, young athletes, and team coaches to improve performance in sports and learn mental skills.
To create a championship mindset, players, coaches and parents must all embrace a positive mindset, said Bill Hoopes, a national championship coach and director of Florida Premier Girls Fastpitch. “You have to have accountability on all ends,” he said. “If the coach is not doing their job and they’re struggling … Read Sport Psychology Tip
Happiness for sports kids is more about contentment and balance, rather than constant pleasure, according to Jerry Weichman, a licensed clinical psychologist who helps young athletes with mental health challenges affecting confidence, motivation and performance. “”Happiness is more of a chemical reaction from your brain that comes from good things … Read Sport Psychology Tip
Too often, sports kids see their identity as being athletes, said Tiffany Yvonne, founder of Playmaker Solutions, where she helps young athletes build emotional intelligence and confidence. When their identity is all about sports, they can quickly lose confidence if they make mistakes or lose games. ?”When you know who … Read Sport Psychology Tip
Confidence in young athletes is a trainable outcome rooted in self-awareness, disciplined consistency, targeted subconscious programming (visualization with emotion) and supportive adult influences. Sports kids should combine clear goals, intentional mental practice and persistent physical work to become resilient and high-performing, said Chris Harris, a mindset and elite performance expert. … Read Sport Psychology Tip
When sports kids experience concussions, they don’t just affect kids’ brains, they affect their bodies and even their families, said Robert Baric, a chiropractor and member of the Brain Injury Association of North Carolina. A concussion can change kids’ heart output, sleep and hormonal balance, for example. And it can … Read Sport Psychology Tip
How can sports parents create well-rounded kids in youth sports, which can be hyper-specialized and intense? David Murray’s book, Soccer Dad, is the story of a “soccer-ignorant, sports-ambivalent writer who saw his daughter from the kiddie leagues through the travel-sports gauntlet to a coveted Division I scholarship. And then realized … Read Sport Psychology Tip