How to Avoid Athlete Burnout in Youth Sports
Ongoing work by researchers is revealing not only the real causes of burnout in youth athletes, but also how it can be avoided.
How to Combat an Excuse Mentality
Athletes with an excuse mentality fear negative outcomes and make excuses. Here are four practical tips for combating the excuse mentality on your team.
How to Support Your Athlete’s Commitment to a Team
Parents often look to youth sports to teach athletes the value of sticking with a task or job even when it gets difficult. Here’s how you can support your athlete’s commitment to a team.
Sport Parent Expectations: How to Be a Successful Youth Sport Coach
Recognizing the consequences that come along with the overwhelming pressure parents put on coaches, here are practical ways coaches can manage expectations from team parents.
How to Get Back in the Game with a Stronger Team Mindset
One of a coach’s most important roles is teaching young athletes how to successfully get back in the game with a stronger team mindset.
How to Overcome High Expectations on a New Team
Learn several ways parents, coaches, and athletes can help minimize the pressure and maximize performance by overcoming high expectations on a new team.
Small Wins, Big Gains: Why Youth Athletes Should Try Incremental Goals
Parents and coach should help youth athletes design a system of incremental goals that break down their big goals into smaller, more gradual ones.
Teamwork: How to Make the Most of The Coach-Parent Dynamic
The coach-parent dynamic: research shows that kids learn more and perform better when coaches, parents, and athletes work together harmoniously.
How to Use Gratitude to Build Stronger Teams
As many coaches at all levels of sport know, athletes and teams can use gratitude to build stronger teams.
Grit: How to Get Back Up After Failure
To help kids develop greater resilience, perseverance, and grit, it’s important to encourage young athletes to get back up after failure.