Kids in Sports

Committed, Balanced Sports Parents [Podcast]

Ultimate Sports Parent Podcast

Committed Sports Parents Ultimate Sports Parent Radio interviews Dave Dupont, CEO of TeamSnap, a sports parent and coach about how to be a committed, balanced sports parent. In this week’s Ultimate Sports Parents podcast: Dunpont talks with Dr. Cohn about the commitment in sports. * Download the Committed, Balanced Sports Parents … Read Sport Psychology Tip

Communicate Well with Sports Kids, And Reap the Benefits

How Kids Can Learn to Make the Most of Mistake While Competing

The Importance of Communicating With Sports Kids How you communicate with your sports kids is critical to building their confidence. We recently chatted with Michel Langlois, co-owner of Prospect Communications, which helps parents, coaches and administrators develop more effective communication approaches. He’s also a former coach and has four grown … Read Sport Psychology Tip

Communication to Build kids’ Confidence [Podcast]

Ultimate Sports Parent Podcast

Parents: Communicating With Sports Kids Ultimate Sports Parent Radio interviews Michael Langlois, co-owner of Prospect Communications, which helps parents and coaches improve their communication skills in youth sports. In this week’s Ultimate Sports Parent podcast: Langlois gives tips about how parent and coaches should communicate with sports kids in ways that boost … Read Sport Psychology Tip

Building Kids’ Success Through Goal-Setting [Podcast]

Ultimate Sports Parent Podcast

Success And Goal-Setting in Youth Sports Ultimate Sports Parent Radio interviews J. Parker Adair, a coach who started a high school lacrosse program and has run programs for athletes aged 3 to high school. He as taken his sports lessons to the business world with his website CoachAdair.com. This week’s … Read Sport Psychology Tip

Creating Confident, Coachable Athletes [Podcast]

Ultimate Sports Parent Podcast

The Importance of Rewarding Effort Ultimate Sports Parent Radio interviews Ray Lokar, a lead trainer for the Positive Coaching Alliance who has coached youth sports for more than 30 years and is the director of basketball4all.net. In this week’s Ultimate Sports Parents Podcast: Locker talks about the importance of being big … Read Sport Psychology Tip

Don’t Believe Sports Kids Are Bullied Too? Learn About CNN Poll

Youth Sports Psychology

The Bullying Epidemic in Youth Sports Last week, CNN released a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll showing that slightly more than a third of teens personally have been subjected to bullying behavior. In the poll, more than two-thirds of teens said their friends had been bullied. Yet most adults believe bullying … Read Sport Psychology Tip