{"id":9103,"date":"2023-06-22T12:34:16","date_gmt":"2023-06-22T16:34:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.youthsportspsychology.com\/youth_sports_psychology_blog\/?p=9103"},"modified":"2025-07-08T06:36:31","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T10:36:31","slug":"the-power-of-empathy-in-youth-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.youthsportspsychology.com\/youth_sports_psychology_blog\/the-power-of-empathy-in-youth-sports\/","title":{"rendered":"The Power of Empathy in Youth Sports\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Empathy<\/strong> is a powerful confidence builder on youth sports teams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s the word from Dr. Conor Hogan, author of “The Gym Upstairs: The Neuroscience of Future Champions,\u201d and a coach who helps young athletes improve their mental and overall performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A team\u2019s empathy<\/strong> can help individual players cope with pressure, he said during an interview on our Ultimate Sports Parent podcast. \u201cIf there is a strong base of empathy, it can transform team members into feeling cooler when the  pressure is on,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But if a team shows empathy<\/strong> for its players, and \u201creally has empathy down,\u201d the players truly look out for one another. They understand what it feels like to be in a teammate\u2019s shoes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Building this type of empathy<\/strong> can help young athletes on the field. They can use empathy<\/strong>, for example, to be tuned into a player\u2019s body language and decide how to help out during a play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/span>Listen to the podcast with Hogan on Spotify:<\/span><\/h3>
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