Improve Confidence and Success in Young Athletes
Using Visualization to Boost Sports Kids’ Confidence Adelaide Goodeve began coaching athletes of all ages in a very roundabout way. When she was struggling with chronic fatigue syndrome, she …
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A Conversation with Kelly Gray What’s a growth mindset in youth sports and how does it benefit young athletes? We explored that topic in a second podcast interview with Kelly Gray, a former …
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Interview With Kelly Gray For kids who feel pressured by parents or others, youth sports can feel like a job they don’t enjoy. That’s the word from Kelly Gray, a former professional soccer …
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Why do girls drop out of sports more often than boys? Nancy Lough, a professor at the University of Nevada Las Vegas, says that girls drop out for numerous reasons--and some are related to gender …
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How Young Athletes can Cope with Stress The pressures of modern youth sports are creating stress related mental health issues in young athletes. But there’s a non-traditional way of addressing this …
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How to Handle Pressure In youth sports, it’s important for your young athletes to trust their intuition and focus on play. In an interview with Mohammed Almarzouq, 27, from Saudi Arabia, a …
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