Mental Game Articles

Parents will try to motivate kids, but use a negative approach by punishing kids for poor play.

How Mental Coaches Can Help Athletes Improve Confidence

Baseball hitter at the plate working on confidence with a mental coach

What To Do When Sports Parent Hurt Athletes’ Confidence Sports parents can sometimes hurt an athlete’s confidence. I’m sure they don’t do it on purpose, but the net effect is lower confidence for some athletes. Parents will try to motivate kids, but use a negative approach by punishing kids for poor play. For example, Steve found himself working with critical …

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How Mental Coaches Can Involve Sports Parents

Girls' basketball players listening during a mental coaching talk

How to Involve Sports Parents We work with more and more young athletes today than every before. More sports parents are involved in their kids’ sports performance. And they are realizing the value of mental training too. They see their kids performing like stars in practice only to under perform in competition. So a recent MGCP graduate asked my how …

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