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Coaching Confidence In Young Athletes

2016-01-14T14:14:36+08:00

We have a guest post today from a renowned author and coach – John O’Sullivan. He is the man behind the book, Changing the Game: The Parents Guide to Raising Happy, High Performing Athletes, and Giving Youth Sports Back to our Kids. His two decades of experience as a soccer player and coach for youth, high school, college, and professional level makes his book very valuable and informative. Hence, today we are lucky to hear words of great value from this very credible author. A lot of coaches see their young athletes improve and excel during practice games but all the [...]

Coaching Confidence In Young Athletes2016-01-14T14:14:36+08:00

How To Develop Confidence in Baseball – Learn from Pro Player

2016-01-14T14:17:07+08:00

Most of us think that we already know what does mental toughness is, but the truth is we still needs to develop and learn. It's not about how young or how old you are, the real deal is have you develop your mental toughness on its peak. Discover Learn from Pro Baseball Player: How To Develop Mental Toughness by watching the video below. What mental toughness means is being able to overcome adversity, being able to be honest and truthful with yourself during failure. At the end of the day, youas a player want to be successful. You as [...]

How To Develop Confidence in Baseball – Learn from Pro Player2016-01-14T14:17:07+08:00

How To Motivate Your Child Out Of A Slump

2016-01-14T14:17:50+08:00

If you have a child in youth sports, then you know that kids sometimes get into a slump. The question is how to motivate your child out of that slump. The following is an excerpt from The Football Momʼs Survival Guide, but the truths are for every parent of a young athlete who struggles with lack of motivation. Itʼs not fun to watch your son struggle, fail, and suffer discouragement. If youʼre like me, you want to figure out how to make it better right away. Like putting a Band-Aid on a scrape, we want to find an emotional Band-Aid that [...]

How To Motivate Your Child Out Of A Slump2016-01-14T14:17:50+08:00

Girls In Sports: Coming To Grips With Being Competitive

2016-01-14T14:19:08+08:00

We, at the Mental Toughness Academy, want to support girls in sports and those girls owning their power! Today, we have a guest post from Dr. Andrea Corn, a sports psychologist and Ethan Skolnick, a sports columnist to give us some insights into the minds of female athletes they have worked with. As a child growing up outside of Pittsburgh in the 1980s and 1990s, Swin Cash wasn't that different from the boys of that time: She idolized Michael Jordan. Not only did she idolized him, she imitated him. "I remember him having these fierce, competitive eyes," she said recently. "I [...]

Girls In Sports: Coming To Grips With Being Competitive2016-01-14T14:19:08+08:00

How To Find Your Courage In Sports

2016-01-14T14:21:56+08:00

Taking risks is essential for a youth athlete's development and success at his or her chosen sport! Doing so will open up new opportunities to greatness! In every sport, there are times when you have to show up and perform under pressure or do something you don't normally do.  This is the time to find your courage. It's there and you don't need any special superhero abilities to access it. Discover How Taking Risks Makes You A Better Youth Sports Athlete by watching the video below. In this video, Peter Vidmar, the highest scoring American gymnast in Olympic History, will give [...]

How To Find Your Courage In Sports2016-01-14T14:21:56+08:00

How To Build Self Esteem By Building Trust

2016-01-14T14:34:07+08:00

Youth athletes need to build trust in themselves and their coaches to move up to the next level in their sport! Without trust, development is impossible! Just ask Olympic Gold Medalist Peter Vidmar. In this video, Peter shares how trusting his coach fully to teach him how to acquire new difficult moves and skills helped him gain self-esteem and confidence.   We'd love to hear your thoughts about How To Build Self Esteem By Trusting Your Coach, please do leave a comment below! Early on I started to realize that Makoto Sakamoto, my coach, would never ask me to [...]

How To Build Self Esteem By Building Trust2016-01-14T14:34:07+08:00

How Goal Setting In Sports Training Makes You A Better Athlete

2016-01-14T15:32:56+08:00

Yes, your youth sports athlete knows how to prepare for competition, but can you say that they are mentally-equipped to face the monotony of everyday training? In this video, Peter Vidmar, the highest scoring American gymnast in Olympic history, shares his experience on how goal setting has helped him be a more effective gymnast both in training and in competition. Read on to know more about How Goal Setting In Sports Training Makes You A Better Athlete. The best mental preparation is physical preparation. If I prepare physically and do everything I am supposed to do, I earn the [...]

How Goal Setting In Sports Training Makes You A Better Athlete2016-01-14T15:32:56+08:00

Learn Why A Never Quit Attitude Is Essential To Success In Sports

2016-01-14T15:36:29+08:00

Winners never quit and quitters never win! Teaching perseverance to your youth athletes will definitely set them on the path to success not only in youth sports but also in life! In this video, Peter Vidmar shares how he got powerful motivation to persevere from a bulletin board in a cafeteria and what he saw in his father as he grew up.   Have something to say? Make it known by leaving a comment below! If I look back, I noticed when I was in elementary school; they had a board in the cafeteria. It was the school record [...]

Learn Why A Never Quit Attitude Is Essential To Success In Sports2016-01-14T15:36:29+08:00

Over Training Can Lead To Burn Out In Sports

2016-01-14T15:49:17+08:00

Too much of a good thing can be bad! Olympic Gold Medalist Peter Vidmar talks about the number one reason for burn out in sports! In this video, Peter shares how his relentless gymnastic training schedule led to fatigue and how he came back from a slump with some simple relaxation.   If you want to know whyOver Training Can Lead To Burn Out In Sports all you have to do is to read on! We'd really appreciate your comments, let us know what you think by leaving a comment below. The low point came around my sophomore year [...]

Over Training Can Lead To Burn Out In Sports2016-01-14T15:49:17+08:00

Proper Sports Preparation Leads To Confidence During Competition

2016-01-14T15:52:49+08:00

Proper sports preparation is crucial to success. It gives youth athletes confidence that they need to overcome challenges and realize their full potential! In the video below Peter Vidmar, writer of the amazing book "Risk, Originality and Virtuosity", wants you to Learn How Sports Preparation Leads To Confidence In Competition.     Read on and discover how being prepared will help youth athletes build confidence in a competitive setting. We'd love to hear your thoughts and comments, please do leave a comment below! I think my best performances usually came after a culmination of really good physical performances beforehand, [...]

Proper Sports Preparation Leads To Confidence During Competition2016-01-14T15:52:49+08:00

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