Improve Confidence and Success in Young Athletes
How Can Sports Parents Distract Kids? Unruly parents and crowds can really hurt kids' confidence, says Gil Fried, professor and head of the sport management department at the University of New Haven …
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Encouraging Sports Kids Bjorn, a 12-year-old hockey player, joined a AAA team after three years of playing hockey, and suddenly found himself surrounded by other athletes with 7 or 8 years’ …
Parents: Motivating Your Young Athletes Sports parents and coaches tell us that one of their biggest challenges is motivating their young athletes- especially without pressuring them. Parents …
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Building Confidence in Young Athletes Over and over, coaches and parents tell us that when kids build confidence in sports, they boost it in other areas of their lives. For example, at Kids’ Sports …
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Playing Time in Youth Sports Here's an interesting study result: If young athletes have to choose between losing and getting to play the whole game, they choose playing time. That's a tidbit from …
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Parents: Communicating With Sports Kids Ultimate Sports Parent Radio interviews Michael Langlois, co-owner of Prospect Communications, which helps parents and coaches improve their communication …
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