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
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
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
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
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
Setting Effective Goals in Youth Sports How do you help sports kids set goals that don’t create high expectations? Wait a minute, you may ask. The whole process of setting goals creates expectations! Read on to understand the critical difference between setting goals and creating high expectations in youth sports. … Read Sport Psychology Tip