How Do Top-Level Athletes Hone their Mental Game? Scott Smith, an internationally competitive figure skater and the alternate in the 2006 Olympic games, recently sat down with us to give us his secrets. Smith, who was the only competitor to land a clean quadruple jump at the 2006 US Figure … Read Sport Psychology Tip
What Should Sports Parents Do About Bullying? When a 15-year-old soccer player is verbally humiliated by a coach in front of his peers during a soccer tournament, and then decides to pack up and leave the tournament, what should other parents do? A sports mom wrote us recently to say … Read Sport Psychology Tip
Tips To Help Sports Kids in Games In many ways, it makes sense that we often see mayhem on the sidelines during youth sporting events, says Brian Swarz, a coach, ref and umpire who has seen a lot of youth sports games. First of all, many of the coaches are … Read Sport Psychology Tip
The Importance of Mental Training Steve Siebold is a former top 500 tennis player who knows what it’s like to be under pressure as a sports kid. He also knows how much that pressure can affect kids throughout their lives—in a negative way. “Some of the best tennis players in … Read Sport Psychology Tip
Sports Parents’ Sideline Behavior And It’s Influence on Kids Recently, we told you about a study from Active Network about just how much parents’ behavior affects kids’ sports experience… Active found that kids are more likely to be interested in sports if their parents enjoy participating at the adult level. … Read Sport Psychology Tip
Help Kids Move on After Making Mistakes College basketball coach John Wooden—who won ten NCAA national championships in a 12-year period—said the team that makes the most mistakes will win most often. But athletes lose when they make mistakes, you might argue. Not so. Athletes—especially young athletes—who aren’t afraid of … Read Sport Psychology Tip