The Ultimate Sports Parent
How To Best Support Athletes as a Parent Often, parents tell us that their sports kids are anxious or scared about going to practice or games because they’re afraid of how they’ll be treated by …
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How do your sports kids respond to predictions about what’s going to happen during a game, performance, or season? For example, if your young athletes overhear their coach saying that the team …
With a new season, kids and parents often have high hopes for what will happen. Sometimes, that translates to high expectations. Believe it or not, you can get the new season off to a bad start …
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In a survey we conducted at The Ultimate Sports Parent, more than 45% of sports parents and coaches said that their kids become easily frustrated or angry after making mistakes. They know kids …
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A sports mom, “Alice,” recently made this confession: “I am guilty! I am a frustrated but well-meaning mother who has put pressure to perform on my children.” First, the good news: Alice realized …
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Parents and coaches contact us every day saying that their kids sometimes sabotage their own success. Why would your athletes do this? You might assume that the problem relates to a "fear of …
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