Tips to Ensure Your Kids Excel in Sports We all want our kids to excel in sports. But exactly what does it mean to excel — and how can parents best help young athletes? It’s all about perspective. Read on to learn great tips for ensuring your kids excel in … Read Sport Psychology Tip
Reasons Why Sports Kids Don’t Believe in Themselves For a number of reasons, many sports kids don’t believe in themselves—and that’s bad news for them, their teams and their coaches. Here are just a few causes: When kids don’t believe in themselves, they hurt their performance and enjoyment of sports. … Read Sport Psychology Tip
Help Prevent Bullying in Youth Sports Bullying is rampant in sports today. Kids are losing starting roles, being forced to play on other teams, and in some cases dropping out of sports altogether because of bullies. Here’s what one parent had to say on our blog: “My athlete has been … Read Sport Psychology Tip
The Bullying Epidemic in Youth Sports Your sports kids could be the targets of intimidation, harassment, exclusion, physical aggression and other forms of bullying—from athletes and/or coaches. And you might not even know it. Why? Often, young athletes’ first reaction to being treated this way is shame, says Mark Hamilton, … Read Sport Psychology Tip
Why Do Sports Kids Bully? Judging from the many emails and comments we’ve received from sports parents and coaches lately, bullying is an important topic to you. It should be. Bullying is rampant in sports–and kids don’t like to talk about it. Whether you’re sports parents concerned about how your … Read Sport Psychology Tip
Overcoming Pregame Jitters Most top athletes and coaches are aware of the importance of a calm mind and relaxed body for kids to reach peak performance in sports. And so am I… If your athletes are tense, worried about outcomes, or bring stress from life into competition, they will under … Read Sport Psychology Tip