Pregame mental preparation articles and tips for sports parents, young athletes, and youth coaches to improve mental performance and consistency.
Helping Sports Kids’ Focus Before Games Just before a game, young athletes need to focus on what’s going on right now—not on the past or future. That means they need to learn how to avoid concentrating on what others think of them, on the score or win or other outcomes. … Read Sport Psychology Tip
Pregame Mental Preparation For Young Athletes Just before a game, it’s critical for kids to understand that mistakes are part of youth sports and it’s okay to make them. Your athletes need to prepare mentally before the game starts so they can cope better. You want to instill in them … Read Sport Psychology Tip
Positive Self-Talk in Youth Sports Just before a game kids should have a routine to help them mentally and physically get ready. But often, young athletes neglect the mental preparation part of their warmup routine… Positive self-talk should be one part of their pregame routine. For example, positive self-talk might … Read Sport Psychology Tip
Pregame Mental Preparation For Young Athletes Just before a game or competition, kids need to be as mentally ready as possible. However, it’s hard to do this when kids feel anxious, distracted, worried or tense about what’s about to happen. This can undermine kids’ performance and confidence…. Parents can inadvertently … Read Sport Psychology Tip
Help Young Athletes Cope With Pressure A parent asks, “What are two simple things that I can say to (my player) before the game that will help and not create stress?” Just before a game, tell your young athletes to avoid thinking about the score or the outcome. When kids … Read Sport Psychology Tip
Young Athletes And Pregame Mental Preparation It’s so tempting, as parents, to give kids your top tips so they perform well in the game… This is because we want so badly for our kids to perform well, stay focused, and be confident about their performance. We can’t help but say … Read Sport Psychology Tip