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Youth Sports Tips for Parents: April 2007
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Youth Sports Tips for Parents. Youth Sports Tips for Sports Parents - Help Build Kids' Confidence and Success. Sunday, April 29, 2007. Beware of Abusive Coaches in Youth Sports. Lisa Cohn here, partner of my brother, Patrick Cohn from http:/ www.youthsportspsychology.com/. In my 14 years as a sports parent, one of the most difficult challenges I ever faced was coping with an abusive coach. None of the other parents on this team were willing to call up the coach and question his style. Why? Is your child ...
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Youth Sports Tips for Parents: March 2007
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Youth Sports Tips for Parents. Youth Sports Tips for Sports Parents - Help Build Kids' Confidence and Success. Monday, March 19, 2007. Sports Parents Should Be "Team Players" Too. My sister, Lisa and I recently interviewed a successful youth sports coach about one of his biggest challenges. He told us how to help parents understand what to say to young athletes during the trip home after a game. On a more harmful level, parents tell their kids that they played badly. Out of frustration, parents somet...
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Youth Sports Tips for Parents: Youth Sports: An Athlete’s "Emotional Tank"
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Youth Sports Tips for Parents. Youth Sports Tips for Sports Parents - Help Build Kids' Confidence and Success. Saturday, December 15, 2007. Youth Sports: An Athlete’s "Emotional Tank". By Lisa Cohn and Dr. Patrick Cohn. How can parents and coaches fill a young athlete’s “emotional tank? Coaches need to praise kids. Five times before they provide one piece of constructive criticism, says David Jacobson, a spokesman for the Positive Coaching Alliance, based at Stanford University. One of your goals is to h...
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Youth Sports Tips for Parents: Negative Feedback: A Confidence Buster for Young Athletes
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Youth Sports Tips for Parents. Youth Sports Tips for Sports Parents - Help Build Kids' Confidence and Success. Sunday, January 13, 2008. Negative Feedback: A Confidence Buster for Young Athletes. By Lisa Cohn and Dr. Patrick Cohn. Mike, a sports dad to an 11-year-old who plays high-level baseball, is worried about his son’s confidence. Jim’s baseball coach often singles Jim out for making mistakes. As a result, the kids on the team also comment when Jim makes mistakes. When sports parents struggle with t...
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Youth Sports Tips for Parents: September 2007
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Youth Sports Tips for Parents. Youth Sports Tips for Sports Parents - Help Build Kids' Confidence and Success. Monday, September 17, 2007. Helping Young Athletes Trust in Their Skills. Do your sports kids excel in practice, but freeze up in competition? Do they have a hard time just being spontaneous and “free” when they compete? If so, you might need to help your child trust his or her athletic ability. Freezing up in competition. Why should kids trust in their skills and abilities? If they believe in t...
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Youth Sports Tips for Parents: January 2008
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Youth Sports Tips for Parents. Youth Sports Tips for Sports Parents - Help Build Kids' Confidence and Success. Thursday, January 17, 2008. Helping Young Athletes Follow Their Dreams in Sports. By Lisa Cohn and Dr. Patrick Cohn. How do you help a young athlete whose dreams in sports are undermined by others’ jealousy? What’s more, the basketball and football coaches in this small town think they “own” this young man’s talent. They’re constantly pressuring him to play on t...Lela and other sports parents s...
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Youth Sports Tips for Parents: Helping Young Athletes Follow Their Dreams in Sports
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Youth Sports Tips for Parents. Youth Sports Tips for Sports Parents - Help Build Kids' Confidence and Success. Thursday, January 17, 2008. Helping Young Athletes Follow Their Dreams in Sports. By Lisa Cohn and Dr. Patrick Cohn. How do you help a young athlete whose dreams in sports are undermined by others’ jealousy? What’s more, the basketball and football coaches in this small town think they “own” this young man’s talent. They’re constantly pressuring him to play on t...Lela and other sports parents s...
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Youth Sports Tips for Parents: Redefining Winning for Young Athletes
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Youth Sports Tips for Parents. Youth Sports Tips for Sports Parents - Help Build Kids' Confidence and Success. Tuesday, January 15, 2008. Redefining Winning for Young Athletes. By Lisa Cohn and Dr. Patrick Cohn. Young athletes want to feel like winners—whether or not they’re always scoring and beating their opponents. Sports parents can help their kids feel good about their experiences simply by taking the focus off the “win.”. Give young athletes specific objectives that help them attain excellence....
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Youth Sports Tips for Parents: October 2007
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Youth Sports Tips for Parents. Youth Sports Tips for Sports Parents - Help Build Kids' Confidence and Success. Monday, October 15, 2007. Talented Kid Athletes and High Expectations. Chris, the sports mom of an 8-year-old athlete, faces a difficult dilemma: Her son is a talented goalie in hockey, but he's so good that his team mates and coaches rely on him. Chris's problem: The boy feels so pressured to perform that he recently pretended to be sick to avoid playing goalie in an end-of-season tournament.
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Youth Sports Tips for Parents: February 2007
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Youth Sports Tips for Parents. Youth Sports Tips for Sports Parents - Help Build Kids' Confidence and Success. Tuesday, February 20, 2007. Sports Parents Need Mental Training Too. Have I ever told you that I grew up in a sports-crazed family with five kids? My dad (and mom) was so into our games, he couldn't restrain himself. That was both good and bad for the five of us. We liked all the attention, but often felt pressured to perform better - and better! What do you say or do after your child or teen's.
