Kids sports psychology articles for sports parents, young athletes, and team coaches to improve mental game performance and consistency.
Stop Being Critical Towards Your Young Athletes Coaches who over-correct or pick apart kids’ technique and criticize their players can undermine kids’ confidence and cause them to perform poorly and lose their enjoyment for the game. Coaches often get in the habit of pointing out only mistakes in their play … Read Sport Psychology Tip
How to be a Sports Parent as a Former Athlete You’re a sports parent with loads of experience as an athlete. Maybe you were an Olympian, or a Div. 1 basketball player. Maybe you just loved playing sports as a kid, and played three sports between the ages of 5 … Read Sport Psychology Tip
What to do if Your Child Gets Self-Intimidated? When young athletes psych themselves out before competition, it is called self-intimidation. Self-intimidation starts its destructive power at the very beginning of the match, or may even be something the athlete starts working on weeks before the game. Self-intimidation can cause athletes … Read Sport Psychology Tip
When Coached Met the Parents Many parents have concerns about their kids’ coaches — how they coach, how they organize practices or how playing time is divided. This can add stress to a coach’s responsibilities. Not only do coaches worry about winning games and improving kids’ skills, they also have … Read Sport Psychology Tip
What is Choking? Choking is what happens when an athlete performs poorly because of their inability to deal with pressure. Choking happens at all levels in sports from junior to professional athletes. This article will illustrate some situations when choking happens and suggest some solutions that parents can offer kids … Read Sport Psychology Tip
No Matter how Hard we Try, We Will Never be Perfect And either will our children, especially when it comes to sports. In fact, we don’t want them to be perfect. If they don’t make mistakes, they’re not being challenged and aren’t learning and growing. From t-ball to the tennis … Read Sport Psychology Tip