Improve Confidence and Success in Young Athletes
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When kids experience overuse injuries, it undermines their mental game, often causing them to burn out in sports. That’s the message from Robert Weil, a sports podiatrist and host of the Sports …
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It’s easy to assume that young athletes want, first and foremost, to win games and competitions. But that’s not what the research reveals, says Bill Eckstrom, CEO of Ecsell Sports and Ecsell …
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Every athlete experiences rough spots or slumps that cause periods of under-performance. Many times, young athletes get in trouble when they focus too much on their most recent disappointing …
Turn Negative Comments into Motivation, Kids Must First Work on Building Confidence. What fuels your sports kids’ motivation? Wins, personal bests, rewards, awards and compliments are positive ways …
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What Parents Need to Know About Concussions New concussion rules and regulations can build respect in young athletes for their opponents. In addition, the rules don’t hurt kids’ other mental game …
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Help Athletes Be Less Self-Critical Are your sports kids critical of themselves? After every mistake or bad game, do they put themselves down? When kids criticize themselves excessively, they …
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