ALL STAR SERIES Sports Parenting Podcast: Nurturing Mental Toughness in Your Young Athlete

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Welcome to my All Star Podcasting Series!

Episode #3

This 10-week series features 10 indepth podcast discussions with some of my best past podcast guests. In my other podcasts, we touched on some of these subjects, but I want to go deeper, ask harder questions, and give you information that will truly help you as you parent your athlete.

We are discussing:

Nutrition

Safety

Mental Toughness

Coaches

Playing Time

Your Child’s College Dream

Time-saving Tips for Busy Sports Parents

Setting Goals

Communication

Travel Teams

Today’s Podcast: Mental Toughness

It’s been said that sports is 90% mental and 10% physical. Not sure how they came up with that statistic, but there’s is no doubt whatsoever that what goes on in your child’s mind as he is playing is just as important as how well he can hit or throw the ball or run.

My guest this week is Jenn Starkey from MVP Leadership Academy.  She is an expert on helping your athlete grow mental toughness. She does an amazing job with young athletes and has some great advice for parents wanting to help their children succeed in the mind game of sports.

As a sports parent who is trying to give your child a positive youth sports experience, are you running into any of these problems?

Over-involved, pushy sports parents.

Your child is disappointed with his playing time.

Conflicts with your child’s coach.

Your child feels burdened with expectations.

Learn what you can do.