Fear of failure and kids sports psychology articles for young athletes, sports parents, and team coaches to improve performance.
Should young athletes quit or recommit to youth sports? That’s a question that Andrew Simpson and his associates ask young athletes who may be approaching burnout. Simpson, chief vision officer, Player’s Fitness and Performance, helped create a training program for these athletes. The program looks at ways to help athletes … Read Sport Psychology Tip
As a sports psychology practitioner and founder of Maximize the Mind Mental Performance Coaching, Ashley Eckermann is fielding more and more requests from parents of kids as young as 7 or 8. Their biggest challenge is fear of failure, Eckermann said. Kids say they are afraid of messing up and … Read Sport Psychology Tip
How can you help sports kids get over their fear of failure? Many young athletes worry too much about what others think and this can cause pressure and expectations. If your athletes worry about what you think, watch this sports parenting success video. Watch the new video, Sports Parents Success … Read Sport Psychology Tip
Mary Nhin’s son, Kobe, began competing in tennis a couple of years ago and was winning most of his games… until he hit a cold streak. “He began going into super tiebreakers, a very short determining point system, and he would get very nervous, and he would end up losing,” … Read Sport Psychology Tip