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Deal With Pressure To Win In Sports

2016-01-14T16:25:06+08:00

In this video Coach Dan discusses effective ways to Deal With Pressure In Order To Win In Sports. This is part 4 in the series of interviews with Coach Dan Clemens. Let's find out how Coach Dan and his team deals with pressure and use it to win. All of us will feel pressure at some point in our lives. The biggest thing, first, I tell kids to do is breathe. Take a couple of deep breaths and clear your mind. Just try to relax a little bit. Second, think small. I think a lot of times when they [...]

Deal With Pressure To Win In Sports2016-01-14T16:25:06+08:00

Visualization: Building Confidence In Baseball

2016-01-14T16:26:32+08:00

Building Confidence in Baseball through Visualization. This is part 3 in the series of interviews with Coach Dan Clemens. Here, he shares with us How To Build Confidence In Baseball: Use Visualization   Read on as Coach Dan discusses how the power of visualization can help you become a more confident baseball player. If the kids can think back to a time when they have been successful at something like in batting practice, if a kid has really been struggling and he has a couple of really good swings and hits the ball well, then I will say: "Remember [...]

Visualization: Building Confidence In Baseball2016-01-14T16:26:32+08:00

Rutgers Scarlet Knight Players Learn From Passion NOT Abuse!

2017-10-18T21:21:13+08:00

Rutgers Scarlet Knight Players Learn From Passion NOT Abuse Since the Rutger Scarlet Knights coach is being so pillared in the press lately, Craig, the Mental Toughness Trainer wanted to weigh on how coaches can lead with passion - not abuse! It is also important you keep a vigilant watch that your kids are never subjected to that kind of abuse... Recently Craig, the Mental Toughness Trainer was interviewed for an upcoming article in Consumer Affairs about the Rutgers coaching scandal. We thought his answers would be helpful… What do you believe is the biggest lesson parents should take [...]

Rutgers Scarlet Knight Players Learn From Passion NOT Abuse!2017-10-18T21:21:13+08:00

Optimistic Vs. Pessimistic:Tips On How To Be An Optimist

2016-01-14T16:28:20+08:00

So you want to know how to be an optimist? In this day and age, it can be a struggle to remain optimistic with the daily doom and gloom in the papers, on TV and even in Facebook. I find a lot of people have become pessimistic, because they feel overwhelmed with financial difficulties or watching others suffer hardships caused by the fluctuating economy. There are also new challenges brought on just by new technology, new rules of business and the changing job market. Your success depends on our ability to remain optimistic by observing and accepting everything that is going [...]

Optimistic Vs. Pessimistic:Tips On How To Be An Optimist2016-01-14T16:28:20+08:00

Coaching Young Baseball Players: Having Fun Vs. Hard Work

2016-01-14T16:29:18+08:00

How can youth baseball coaches create a fun training environment while also instilling the value of hard work? In this video, Coach Dan will be discussing about Coaching Youth Baseball: Having Fun Vs. Hard Work.   The myth out there is we want the experience to be fun for the kids, so they can go off and do what they want to do. When coaching young baseball players, you've got to strike a balance. A fun practice might be some kids are over playing in the grass, looking at the ants, digging in the dirt, and you got other [...]

Coaching Young Baseball Players: Having Fun Vs. Hard Work2016-01-14T16:29:18+08:00

Strategies For Dealing With Tough Coaches

2016-01-14T16:29:49+08:00

Here is some Strategies for dealing with Tough Coaches. We hear from players all the time that they have coaches that they don't like or don't like them. Either way it affects a child's performance whether positively or negatively. It is then necessary for them to know how to deal with these tough coaches to maintain their focus in and out of the game. This is Part 6 of a series from an interview with Jamie McKinven, who is the author of the book, So You Want Your Kid To Play Pro Hockey? In this video, Jamie will give us an [...]

Strategies For Dealing With Tough Coaches2016-01-14T16:29:49+08:00

Tips On How To Handle Mistakes Coaching Youth Baseball

2014-05-22T05:39:33+08:00

This is first of the coaching tips series for youth baseball coaches and youth sports parents featuring Dan Clemens, a youth coach veteran and the author of the book, A Perfect Season: A Coach's Journey to Learning. EVERYBODY makes mistakes, even coaches! Coach Dan Clemens, a 10-year youth coaching veteran in four sports, shares Tips On How To Handle Mistakes Coaching Youth Baseball. In this video, Coach Dan discusses how coaches can set up a safe environment, where everyone feels comfortable to make mistakes, including him! When athletes know they will not be ridiculed or yelled at, they learn and grow [...]

Tips On How To Handle Mistakes Coaching Youth Baseball2014-05-22T05:39:33+08:00

Win or Lose – Should Youth Athletes Get Trophies?

2016-01-14T16:30:34+08:00

Lately it seems that many leagues and coaches are giving out awards and trophies just to recognize youth athletes for participation regardless of the outcome of the game. While this approach has a lot of fans, it also has a fair share of critics. Win or Lose - Should Youth Athletes Get Trophies? This is a big change from the way sports were played for most of us growing up. As kids, we quickly learned that losing was as much a part of the game as winning. We understood that we had to hold it together, even while the other team [...]

Win or Lose – Should Youth Athletes Get Trophies?2016-01-14T16:30:34+08:00

How to Build Self Confidence

2016-01-14T16:31:47+08:00

Yes,you can really create self confidence, because it is merely a state of mind. How to build self confidence? It’s not some thing that happens to you by accident or you magically wake up with it one day. I bet you already have a lot of confidence or you would not be playing your sport. I also know most every athletes, in fact, most people would like even more confidence, right?!? We all know the more confident we are, the better we play. What is a simple solution? Reversing the way you think can help dramatically improve your self confidence. What [...]

How to Build Self Confidence2016-01-14T16:31:47+08:00

Do Less, Be More: Simple Sports Relaxation Make You A Better Athlete

2016-01-14T16:32:01+08:00

Did you know that you can do less and be more at the same time? Let us show you how simple sports relaxation can make you a better athlete. Being an athlete at a young age can be very demanding. You get up for school early in the morning; go through your classes for 6 hours and go to training for another 3. Once you get back home, you realize you need to get that history paper due tomorrow finished barely leaving you any time for that algebra homework. With all that going on, on an almost daily basis you might [...]

Do Less, Be More: Simple Sports Relaxation Make You A Better Athlete2016-01-14T16:32:01+08:00

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