Improve Confidence and Success in Young Athletes
Parents and coaches, if you want your sports kids to understand that mental training can be the key to unlocking their potential, first you have to know why kids avoid it… It’s important for you to know that a whopping 53% of the coaches we surveyed said their sports kids resist mental … [Read more...]
Here’s one former sports kid who has lots of good things to say about the benefits of mental training. “Dr. Patrick Cohn, I am so happy to see you exposing the true potential and impact of mental training with children. As a gymnast, I used mental training techniques day in and day out- and I … [Read more...]
When families completely re-structure their lives to meet the needs of young athletes, do the kids feel more pressure to perform? At Kids’ Sports Psychology, we’ve found that the answer is often yes. When parents pull their kids out of school, they must change their work schedules to … [Read more...]
Ultimate Sports Parent Radio interviews Andrea Leib, a former teacher who is founder of stayontrack.net, which is an online school for athletes who need to homeschool due to demanding travel and practice schedules. Does homeschooling provide a relief for these kids or does it add pressure? Dr. … [Read more...]
How you communicate with your sports kids is critical to building their confidence. We recently chatted with Michel Langlois, co--owner of Prospect Communications, which helps parents, coaches and administrators develop more effective communication approaches. He’s also a former coach and has … [Read more...]
Just how can sports parents encourage kids to take part in sports and support them—without pressuring them? That’s a good question, and the answers are not so obvious. Read on to get tips from Olympic fencer Tim Morehouse, who says his parents knew just how to support him as he grew into an … [Read more...]
Bullying is an epidemic in our society today. It’s especially rampant in sports. A recent survey of high school students across the U.S. found that 48% of respondents had been subjected to hazing--a form of bullying in which kids are humiliated or required to take part in dangerous activities. … [Read more...]
Sports parents need to release their young athletes to the game. That’s the word from H. Rothenberg, who has run a basketball program for 20 years and is the owner of Triple C Camp, Charlottesville, Va. What exactly does he mean by this and how can this improve your kids’ success in … [Read more...]
