Gifted kids often focus exclusively on sports and fail to make friends or participate in other activities, said Susan Williams, a clinical hypnotherapist at SportHypnotherapy.com. Parents and coaches need to encourage them to try other activities and to develop a circle of supportive friends, she said. She uses hypnotherapy to put … Read Sport Psychology Tip
Posting notes at home, trying hypnosis and passing a ball from the left hand to the right are three ways sports kids can combat negative thinking. These techniques are designed to help kids’ minds switch from negativity to positivity, said Ignacio Segovia, a psychologist, certified hypnotherapist and mental performance coach who … Read Sport Psychology Tip
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