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Tag: mental toughness


  • Permission To Fail And Learning How Important Failure is

    Mar 14 2022

    Permission To Fail And Learning How Important Failure is

    By: Celia Balf

    Fear of failure looks and feels differently for every athlete. For some athletes, worrying about messing up can translate into playing timid and holding back from their ultimate potential. For…

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  • How Sports Empower Women and Girls for Life

    Feb 02 2021

    How Sports Empower Women and Girls for Life

    By: Marika Dasbach

    February 3, 2021, is the 35th annual National Girls & Women in Sports Day. This day calls on girls and women to own their inner and outer strength while recognizing…

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  • 5 Mantras to Boost Sports Performance

    Jun 25 2019

    5 Mantras to Boost Sports Performance

    By: Lara Rosenbaum

    The tiny blue star of The Little Engine That Could was onto something: She used a mantra to fill herself with confidence and conquered an ‘impossible’ hill. Stanford researchers and others have…

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  • Jan 17 2019

    2 Facts That Will Transform Your Sports Parenting

    By: Janis B. Meredith

    Finding the right teams, coaches, private training, and equipment are important tasks for sports parents as they strive to help their kids reach their potential in sports. But as parents…

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  • Jul 09 2018

    When Your Child Wants to Give Up

    By: Janis B. Meredith

    One of the hardest things for me as a sports mom was watching my kids get discouraged. It would happen after they’d worked hard to win a starting spot, a…

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  • May 24 2018

    In Search of the Playmaker’s Advantage

    By: Dan Peterson

    This is the first of a three-part book excerpt from The Playmaker’s Advantage, available wherever books are sold. By Daniel Peterson and Leonard Zaichkowsky, Ph.D. How hard could it be?…

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  • Apr 09 2018

    3 Ways To Challenge Your Athlete

    By: Janis B. Meredith

    There is nothing more frustrating than standing on the sidelines or sitting in the bleachers, helplessly watching your child make mistakes and play half-heartedly. The desire that many sports parents…

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  • Apr 08 2018

    7 Core Values of Youth Sports

    By: Janis B. Meredith

    Every now and then we all need reminders of what youth sports is really all about. Use these core values as that reminder and never forget that youth sports are really about…

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  • Why Isn’t Enough Focus Given to Mental Toughness in Youth Sports?

    Nov 15 2017

    Why Isn’t Enough Focus Given to Mental Toughness in Youth Sports?

    By: Jim Taylor

    Which is more important for a young athlete: The body, or the mind? Whenever I ask this question to coaches and athletes, most tell me that the mental side of…

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  • What Is Performance Anxiety And What Can We Do About It?

    Aug 31 2016

    What Is Performance Anxiety And What Can We Do About It?

    By: TeamSnap

    Thousands of times a day, worldwide, a child or teenage athlete wakes up on game day with a huge knot in his or her stomach. As they go through their…

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  • Jun 20 2016

    Avoid This Mistake When Introducing Your Child

    By: Rob Bell

    How do you introduce and describe your kids?  A study in 2002 from the Journal of Attitudes and Social Cognition examined people’s names and the impact on careers they chose….

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  • 5 Ways Parents Can Build Mental Toughness

    May 18 2016

    5 Ways Parents Can Build Mental Toughness

    By: Rob Bell

    Like it or not, sports come with pressure. There will come a time when your young athlete gets the ball with the clock winding down or steps up with the…

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  • Self-Motivation: An Essential Tool for Success

    Apr 05 2016

    Self-Motivation: An Essential Tool for Success

    By: Chuck Schumacher

    Will had been taking batting lessons from me for about a year. He was a really nice 11-year-old kid with average athletic ability, and very respectable. We got along great!…

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  • Building Confidence in Young Athletes

    Mar 29 2016

    Building Confidence in Young Athletes

    By: Jim Taylor

    Has your young athlete ever gone into a game competing against him or herself? You might be thinking, Of course not! Why would anyone do that? Well, no one goes…

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  • Every Practice Can Be Productive

    Mar 10 2016

    Every Practice Can Be Productive

    By: Jim Taylor

    “I had a bad practice.” This is a common complaint I hear from athletes I work with. A bad practice can make some young athletes feel frustrated and angry. At…

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  • Martial Arts Philosophy: A Way of Mental Toughness

    Mar 03 2016

    Martial Arts Philosophy: A Way of Mental Toughness

    By: Chuck Schumacher

    Many parents have told me that their child does well in the batting cage, but when playing in a game, it looks like they’ve never swung a bat before. Pressure…

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  • Confidence: How to Get It and Keep It

    Feb 16 2016

    Confidence: How to Get It and Keep It

    By: Chuck Schumacher

    One day at my hitting school, during a class with nine-year-old boys, we were working on the technique of hitting the ball using a pitching machine. One boy, Jake, was…

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  • How Speed Can Help Young Athletes On and Off the Field

    Jan 05 2016

    How Speed Can Help Young Athletes On and Off the Field

    By: Ken Taylor

    People have frequently asked me the question “what happens when an athlete gets faster?” There are a lot of benefits, from constantly beating your opponent to improving your vertical jump….

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