There’s so much goodness that can come from participating in youth sports, but ensuring kids experience that goodness requires teams to establish team cultures based on clear expectations of players, parents and coaches. Team agreements and ethical coaching can help create the opportunity for sports kids to benefit from all … Read Sport Psychology Tip
In this sports psychology video, you learn athletes quit sports and the right and wrong reasons to quit… Here’s the question of the week: “I’m playing soccer and I’m thinking about quitting because I am literally the worst one on the team. I tried to tell my parents that I … Read Sport Psychology Tip
How can you help sports kids overcome pressure during competition? Watch the video below, Sports Parents Success Video 4: Parental Pressure, to see what tips Dr. Cohn gives to sports parents to help their young athletes succeed in sports. Related Sports Psychology Articles *Subscribe to The Ultimate Sports Parent Podcast *Subscribe … Read Sport Psychology Tip
How to Encourage Without Pressure All sports parents want their children to succeed and play up to their potential. It can be very frustrating when you think your kids are not performing up to their potential. As a sports parent, sometimes it is difficult to know how to encourage your … Read Sport Psychology Tip
How to Best Support Your Young Athlete Here at Kids’ Sports Psychology, we receive many letters from parents who are confused about how much they should pressure their kids. In fact, it’s not an overstatement to say they agonize about this topic…..Agonize, you might ask. Yes. There’s lots to agonize … 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