confidence in sports

Help Your Athlete With Focus During Competitions and Practice!

Youth Sports Psychology

Helping Sports Kids Focus Does your young athlete have a difficult time focusing during practices or competition? Not only can your athlete be distracted by outer distractions, such as parents coaching from the sidelines, but also their own internal distractions. We have identified many internal distractions for young athletes. These … Read Sport Psychology Tip

Helping Sports Kids Who Are Easily Distracted

Help Athlete Cope with Bad calls

Helping Sports Kids Overcome Distractions Let’s face it, all young athletes get distracted from time to time. Some sports kids get distracted a lot-and don’t even realize it. Here’s the problem: Distracted sports kids aren’t focusing on what they need to focus on. As a result, they often experience lower … Read Sport Psychology Tip

Does More Spending On Kids’ Sports Cause More Pressure?

Youth Sports Psychology

What Pressures Sports Kids? Parents, think twice before investing a lot of money into youth sports. While your intentions may be well-meaning, your efforts may backfire. That’s the word from a new study about spending and youth sports. The author, Travis Dorsch, found that higher parental spending creates sports kids … Read Sport Psychology Tip

Building Confidence in Kids Who Try New Sports

Youth Sports Psychology

Confidence When Trying New Youth Sports Lisa here from Kids’ Sports Psychology and the Ultimate Sports Parent… As a mom who played three sports, I’m very eager for my youngest, 5-year-old Michael, to play sports. But I signed him up for a soccer team and was quickly disappointed. He liked … Read Sport Psychology Tip

How Goofy Beliefs Harm Kids’ Sports Confidence and Performance

Youth Sports Psychology

Superstitions in Youth Sports Do your sports kids harbor silly beliefs about what makes them better athletes? For example, do they insist on wearing a red-striped headband and on eating chocolate power bars before games? This is common in young athletes, and can actually hurt their confidence and performance. Why? … Read Sport Psychology Tip

Cut Distractions and Make It Fun: Miami Dolphins’ Advice [Podcast]

Ultimate Sports Parent Podcast

Staying Focused in Youth Sports Sports kids would benefit much more from sports if they were less distracted and had more fun. That’s the word from Troy Drayton, coordinator of youth programs for the Miami Dolphins. Drayton, who visits elementary and middle schools three days a week to teach about … Read Sport Psychology Tip