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Do you want to develop the mind of a winner? Have you ever wondered what gives young, elite athletes the edge? How can you transform a kid into a champion? Expert in sports psychology and mental training, Janne Mortensen has coached national teams and world-class athletes, taking them to European...
How one teen is using her tragic injury to take down the warrior culture in sports.
Are you putting too much pressure on your children to get a sports scholarship? That kind of pressure on kids doesn’t work very well.
In “Mental Training Sessions with Doc,” Dr. Patrick Cohn answers your sports psychology and mental training questions about sports parents who pressure their kids.
Los Angeles Lakers Assistant Coach Jesse Mermuys describes how young athletes already put so much pressure on themselves to perform; let’s not add to it.
Is your child feeling the pressures of a team or individual sport? Here are some tips on helping them handle the pressure.
Small clip highlighting the role some parents play in youth athletics, sometimes, to the detriment of the game.
Youth sports is supposed to be for the kids, but all too often, the parents become part of the story for all the wrong reasons.
Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles tells TODAY that her family sacrificed as much as she did during her grueling gymnastic training. She says there was a lot of outside pressure on her before the 2016 Games even began, but because she’s “stubborn,” she was able to set it aside.
Whether pressure is unintentional or by design, kids feel it and it can lead to poor athletic performance and other unintended consequences, including poor stress coping and falling grades.
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