Hillary Cauthen Sport Psychologist on the Podcast Hillary Cauthen, a sport psychologist and author of “Hello Trauma: Our Invisible Teammate” gives tips for helping sports kids cope with toxic sport cultures, including coaches who yell at and demean kids. Listen to Learn More: Related Sports Psychology Articles *Subscribe to The Ultimate … Read Sport Psychology Tip
Make Sports Fun for Athletes Creating fun for kids is an important focus for Kevin Hoover, CEO of Rally Day Camps and an owner of youth baseball and softball camps for major league baseball teams like the San Francisco Giants and San Diego Padres. His coaches use teddy bears and … Read Sport Psychology Tip
The mental game is critical to sports–and improving mental health can boost both kids’ mental game and performance. That’s the word from Laura Erickson-Schroth, chief medical officer at The Jed Foundation, which works in schools and sports organizations to help kids improve their mental health. Related Sports Psychology Articles *Subscribe … Read Sport Psychology Tip
How to Support Your Sports Kid In my work as a mental game coach, I often focus on the mental training challenges of athlete, coach, or team. However, many mental game experts leave out a very important group — sports parents. Parents are critical to an athlete’s mental game development … Read Sport Psychology Tip
How to Identify Your Sports Kids Game Strengths Two outs, bottom of the ninth inning, bases loaded and your kid is at the plate. As sports parents, we’ve all been there, nervously clenching our hands together, envisioning little Joey poking a base hit just over the first baseman’s outstretched arms, … Read Sport Psychology Tip