Improve Confidence and Success in Young Athletes
Fear of Failure for Young Athletes Elizabeth Pecsok, a coach at Oregon Gymnastics Academy (OGA), says coaching kids with special needs is all about helping them attain their personal goals and feel …
Continue Reading about Helping Young Athletes to Overcome Fears →
How to Communicate With Young Athletes The words parents and coaches choose when communicating with young athletes can boost kids’ confidence or deflate it, says Ganon Baker, a sports development …
Continue Reading about Choose Your Words With Young Athletes →
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 …
Continue Reading about Why Girls Drop out of Sports More than Boys →
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 …
Continue Reading about Anxiety, Depression on Rise in Youth Sports →
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 …
Continue Reading about The Importance of Playfulness and Trust in Youth Sports →
“How to Win Wimbledon in Pajamas” Mary Nhin’s son, Kobe, began competing in tennis a couple of years ago and was winning most of his games… until he hit a cold streak. “He began going into …
Continue Reading about Using Sports Psychology to Overcome a Cold Streak →
