Parents: Supporting Your Athletes’ Goals Barbara Hopewell, the sports mom to Summer Sanders–a swimmer who won four medals at the 1992 Olympic games–recently told us some of her sports parenting secrets. Hopewell, who was the subject of Sanders’ book, “Champions Are Raised, Not Born: How My Parents Made Me a … Read Sport Psychology Tip
Applying Sports Confidence to Everyday Life One of the biggest benefits to helping kids boost their confidence in sports is seeing kids transfer confidence they gain in sports to the rest of their lives. When kids lack confidence in sports, it holds back their enjoyment and performance. They play in … Read Sport Psychology Tip
Confidence During Competition Do your sports kids excel in practice, but lose confidence and under-perform during competition? That’s the main challenge high school track-and-field coach Lumuli Kyumba faces. But she has created some winning strategies for helping kids through this challenge. Read on to get her great tips that apply to … Read Sport Psychology Tip
Pregame Routines For Sports Kids What kids focus on while playing sports can make or break their confidence–and performance. Simply put, kids often focus on the wrong “cues” or too many things at once. Today we’re going to address a common challenge: When kids are playing or performing, they often … Read Sport Psychology Tip
Rory McIlroy’s Mental Game US Open Champion Rory McIlroy’s recent experiences demonstrate just how critical the mental game is to athletes. Golfer McIlroy had one of the worst days of his life in April. He shot a final round 80 at the 2011 Masters and blew a six-stroke final-round lead. … Read Sport Psychology Tip
Sports Kids And The Zone Focus Achieving a “zone focus” is key to success for sports kids. When sports kids have a zone focus, they’re concentrating on everything they need to focus on during the performance, and feel as if time has been suspended. They’re totally into their game. They’re … Read Sport Psychology Tip