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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.
Small clip highlighting the role some parents play in youth athletics, sometimes, to the detriment of the game.
I know we have all watched parents, who are over the top crazy for their kids in sports, but the story of NFL football player, Todd Marinovich and his Dad, Marv takes the cake.
Dr. Jarrod Spencer, Sports Psychologist at Mind of the Athlete, discusses the importance of not being an overbearing parent.
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.
How one teen is using her tragic injury to take down the warrior culture in sports.
Is your child feeling the pressures of a team or individual sport? Here are some tips on helping them handle the pressure.
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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