Sports Parents: Help Kids Improve Focus In our last tip, we shared a video with you on the top distractions young athletes face in sports. Today, we have a follow up video—again produced by Dr. Cohn: Four Steps to Helping Young Athletes Improve Focus This short video describes the critical … Read Sport Psychology Tip
Helping Sports Kids Stay Focused Concentration is key to excelling in sports. When kids aren’t focused on what they need to do to perform their skills, performance suffers. Then your athletes are unable to perform in the “zone.” Not coping effectively with distractions can really hurt your athletes’ performance in … Read Sport Psychology Tip
Sports Parents Who Experience Strong Emotions It’s true sports parents too often get hot under the collar and yell at coaches, refs and even their sports kids during games. But critics need to show these parents some empathy and give them a break. That’s the word from Nancy Peter, director … Read Sport Psychology Tip
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