Communicating With a Bully Coach Sports parents often feel torn about how to deal with difficult or bully coaches. Parents worry that if they approach coaches about their behavior, the coaches will give their kids less playing time, bench them, or favor other players. But parents need to overcome these … Read Sport Psychology Tip
Handling Bullying in Youth Sports Should parents try to reason with bully coaches? Should they try to talk to athletes who bully their kids in sports? Should they move their kids to different schools as a result of bullying in sports? These are just some of the many questions we … Read Sport Psychology Tip
Sports Parents Influence on Kids Let’s face it: The world of sports evokes lots of emotion. That’s partially why we love sports so much. But as sports parents, your emotional state affects your kids’ confidence in sports. In fact, if you can’t keep your feelings under control, your athletes might … Read Sport Psychology Tip
Sports Injuries in Young Athlete Many hours each week in Joe Dinoffer’s family focused on their daughter’s tennis; all tennis families have been there. Like many, Joe’s family also decided to let their daughter stay at home and attend an accredited high school distance learning program. But after adjusted a … Read Sport Psychology Tip
Sports Kids And a Zone Focus Sports kids often focus on the wrong things when they’re playing—the score, their last mistake, or worries about today’s homework assignment. This makes it harder for them to experience what we call a “zone focus.” We want sports kids to achieve a “zone focus” … Read Sport Psychology Tip
The Benefits of Backyard Play Gary Simmons, author of “Gymbag Wisdom,” and a sports performance specialist who concentrates on teens, has some interesting anecdotes to share about the athletes he works with in high school. The top players he deals with are not the ones who play on traveling teams. … Read Sport Psychology Tip