Improve Confidence and Success in Young Athletes
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Do Your Athletes Avoid Mental Coaching? Teens and young athletes are often resistant to mental game coaching because they don’t understand what it involves... Mental training expert Patrick Cohn …
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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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Listen to This Podcast to Learn How to Best Support Your Athlete About 70% of kids drop out of sports by the age of 14, according to research. About twice as many girls drop out than boys, says …
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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What mental game skills do college recruiters look for in young athletes? Recruiters and coaches look for a number of mental game traits when they’re evaluating athletes, says David Kmiecik, senior …
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