Improve Confidence and Success in Young Athletes
A sports dad tells us that his talented 8-year-old golfer gets upset when a player with lower abilities beats him. "He then acts poorly and Dad is embarrassed. How do you help him to stay focused and …
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Embracing Failure to Grow in Youth Sports There's two ways young athletes can deal with failure and losses, says Eric DeMeulenaere, a Clark University professor, former soccer coach and author of …
Mental Training Benefits For Kids Here’s one former sports kid who has lots of good things to say about the benefits of mental training: “Dr. Patrick Cohn, I am so happy to see you exposing the true …
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What are the biggest confidence challenges for young athletes? They immediately focus on the negative side of the feedback that coaches are trying to give them. That’s the word from Hal Wissel, a …
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The Blame Game in Youth Sports When your sports kids get a bad call from a ref, lose a game when it's raining or make a bad pass when a dog is barking, do they blame the ref, the rain and the dog? If …
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Playing Time And It's Influence on Sports Kids What do you do when your sports kids suddenly get less playing time? Or if they never got much to begin with? If it hurts their confidence—and often …
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