{"id":7638,"date":"2023-01-04T16:36:01","date_gmt":"2023-01-04T21:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.youthsportspsychology.com\/youth_sports_psychology_blog\/?p=7638"},"modified":"2025-07-08T07:32:01","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T11:32:01","slug":"what-do-young-athletes-want-from-their-sports-experience-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.youthsportspsychology.com\/youth_sports_psychology_blog\/what-do-young-athletes-want-from-their-sports-experience-2\/","title":{"rendered":"What do Young Athletes Enjoy About Sports?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s easy to assume that young athletes want, first and foremost, to win games and competitions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But that\u2019s not what the research reveals, says&nbsp;Bill Eckstrom, CEO of Ecsell Sports and Ecsell Institute and co-author of&nbsp;<em>The Coaching Effect<\/em>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ecsell Sports conducted focus groups with athletic directors and coaches from all over the country at a national coaches\u2019 clinic and found that they believe a positive sports experience is most important to young athletes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Embed Player\" style=\"border:none\" src=\"https:\/\/play.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/25500630\/height\/128\/theme\/modern\/size\/standard\/thumbnail\/yes\/custom-color\/ffffff\/time-start\/00:00:00\/hide-playlist\/yes\/download\/yes\" height=\"128\" width=\"100%\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"true\" mozallowfullscreen=\"true\" oallowfullscreen=\"true\" msallowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\">Mental Performance Coaching for Youth Athletes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s difficult for sports parents<strong> <\/strong>to watch their kids under-perform in sports and <strong>lose self-esteem due to fear, doubt and tentativeness.<\/strong> It\u2019s hard to stand idle and watch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The solutions are not obvious. 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