Empathy is a powerful confidence builder on youth sports teams. That’s the word from Dr. Conor Hogan, author of “The Gym Upstairs: The Neuroscience of Future Champions,” and a coach who helps young athletes improve their mental and overall performance. A team’s empathy can help individual players cope with pressure, … Read Sport Psychology Tip
Performance anxiety, mistakes and low confidence are some of the top challenges for girls who play volleyball–challenges that help them learn important lessons in life, said Leah Jantzen, a former Ironman and marathon runner who is now a mental health and performance coach at Ward Melville High School, Long Island. … Read Sport Psychology Tip
Karate is all about the mental game, says Master Rande Lawrence, head instructor at Lawrence World Class Karate in Fayetteville, N.Y. He coaches Matthew Killian, a blind 23-year-old with autism spectrum disorder to use his strong mental game in karate. Killian won two gold medals at his first karate competition, … Read Sport Psychology Tip
Sports parents need to show their young athletes that they care about more than the score and the win. That’s the word from Wayne LaMarre, clinical professor and director of the athletic training program at the University of New England. LaMarre is also on staff for the Women’s National Ice … Read Sport Psychology Tip
Lauren Cox was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at a young age, and she worried that her health condition would crush her dreams of becoming a high-level athlete. But she didn’t let diabetes undermine her dreams. She developed mental game skills that helped her thrive in basketball. Her mental game … Read Sport Psychology Tip
Jazlyn Pipkins, founder and owner of Jazletics, is a youth sports coach who says more and more of the kids on her teams have difficulty focusing. They may have ADHD, ADD or other conditions that make focusing hard. When kids have trouble focusing, they struggle with concentrating on and carrying … Read Sport Psychology Tip