Building Confidence in Young Athletes

In the second of our "Post-Game Tips for Sports Parents" audios, Dr. Patrick Cohn, mental game expert, gives sports parents tips about how to communicate with kids after a game. A few tips: Don't dwell on their mistakes and look for learning opportunities.

In this Ultimate Sports Parent Radio interview, mental game expert Dr. Patrick

Cohn identifies some of the challenges sports parents face after a game.

This is first in a series of post-game tips with Lisa Cohn and Patrick

Cohn.

What can sports kids learn from underdog Roberta Vinci beating Serena Williams in the US Open semi-finals? A lot. In this podcast, mental game expert Dr. Patrick Cohn identifies the mental game issues--especially expectations and perfectionism--that came into play during the semi-finals.

Ultimate Sports Parent Radio interviews Jason Kreidman, founder of

Dudes to Dads, which provides advice and support to new fathers.

He is also a former high school and college athlete who spent most of his

waking hours as a child immersed in youth sports, an experience that was

both positive and negative. He gives tips for new sports dads.

In this Ultimate Sports Parent Radio episode, Brian Brunkow, author of

"Zero Offseason: Divorce & Sports Parenting" gives divorced parents tips

about sports parenting. The bottom line: Keep your kids' best interests in

mind.

In a Yahoo! Parenting article, we (Lisa and Patrick Cohn), identified six

common sports parent sins. In this podcast, we discuss those sins, often

committed by well-meaning sports parents. You can read the article here:

https://www.yahoo.com/parenting/6-surprising-sports-parent-sins-12225094020

2.html

How can coaches build trust in young athletes and why is trust so important? Ultimate Sports Parent Radio interviews Thom Schauerman, varsity soccer coach and middle school volleyball coach at The Shipley School. Coaches can't impart life lessons in sports kids unless they have first earned kids' trust, he says. He shares innovative ideas for building a tight-knit team and trust.

Megan Bartlett, Chief Program Officer for Up2Us, talks about how her program uses sports to integrate behavioral development into youth sports. The training teaches youth coaches how to build life skills.

Too often, kids look for praise from others to boost their confidence. In

this interview with mental game expert Dr. Patrick Cohn, he speaks directly

to young athletes about how they should be responsible for their own

confidence.

In Part 2 of this series created specifically for young athletes, mental game expert Dr. Patrick Cohn explains how and why high expectations hurt sports kids' confidence. Learn more at www.YouthSportsPsychology.com