Parents: Help Young Athletes Win Ugly Video
In the new video series “Sports Parents Success Tips,” Dr. Patrick Cohn answers your youth sports psychology and mental training questions that deal with sports parents and the mental gbame challenges their sports kids have.
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Here’s the question Dr. Patrick Cohn answers this week:
Do your young athletes try to perform perfectly in competition?
Watch the video below, Sports Parents Success Video 7: Athletes Who Try to be Perfect, to see what tips Dr. Cohn gives to sports parents to help their young athletes mentally prepare before games.
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The Composed Sports Kid
“The Composed Sports Kid” audio and workbook digital download program for young athletes and their parents or coach helps kids cope with frustration and anger in sports. Help your sports kids learn how to manage expectations and let go of mistakes so they can keep their head in the game.
The Composed Sports Kid system is really two programs in one–one program to train parents and coaches how to help their kids practice composure, and one program that teaches young athletes–ages 6 to 13–how to improve composure, let go of mistakes quickly, have more self-acceptance, and thus enjoy sports more!