Parents: Help Young Athletes Improve Focus Video
In the new video series “Sports Parents Success Tips,” Dr. Patrick Cohn answers your youth sports psychology and mental training questions that deal with sports parents and the mental game challenges their sports kids have.
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Here’s the question Dr. Patrick Cohn answers this week:
Do your athletes focus too much on the outcome, score and statistics when they compete?
Dr. Cohn talks about the pitfalls of focusing too much on the outcome and why you want your athletes to have good mental preparation, including on how to focus on the process rather than thinking about the outcomes.
What’s the problem with focusing on the outcome?
Watch the video below, Sports Parents Success Video 8: Sports Concentration Tips For Young Athletes, to see what tips Dr. Cohn gives to sports parents to help their young athletes focus on the process.
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