Building Confidence in Young Athletes

Jeff Long, founder of Healthy Kids Running Series and a former Division 1 runner, launches an online version of his program. Kids do races individually in safe places and share videos, statistics and photos online. He tells Ultimate Sports Parent Radio about the benefits of kids continuing to move during the COVID-19 crisis.

Ultimate Sports Parent Radio interviews Brad Donohue, a psychology

professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and expert on sports

psychology and wellness. He describes why athletes should break certain

"mental game" guidelines and shares information about a study during which

coaches and peers said a series of motivational phrases to athletes during

practice.

Ultimate Sports Parent Radio interviews Brad Donohue, a psychology professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and expert on sports psychology and wellness. He describes why athletes should break certain "mental game" guidelines and shares information about a study during which coaches and peers said a series of motivational phrases to athletes during practice.

Ultimate Sports Parent Radio interviews Brad Donohue, a psychology professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and expert on sports psychology and wellness. He describes why athletes should break certain "mental game" guidelines and shares information about a study during which coaches and peers said a series of motivational phrases to athletes during practice.

Ultimate Sports Parent Radio interviews Brad Donohue, a psychology professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and expert on sports psychology and wellness. He describes why athletes should break certain "mental game" guidelines and shares information about a study during which coaches and peers said a series of motivational phrases to athletes during practice.

In this Ultimate Sports Parent Radio interview, Christian Lavers, president, Elite Clubs National League (ECNL), says that for all athletes, confidence comes and goes. He gives tips about how young athletes can build up their confidence when it drops.

Mark Greenburg, a youth sports coach, former physical education teacher and

author of "Elevated Leadership, a Pitch-By-Pitch Guide to Business, Life,

and Baseball' describes how parents can help their kids develop emotional

intelligence and empathy through sports. He gives tips for helping kids communicate with coaches.

Elizabeth Pecsok, a coach for Oregon Gymnastics Academy, says she coaches

special needs kids by helping them overcome fears and feel successful.

The words parents and coaches choose when communicating with young athletes can boost kids’ confidence or deflate it, says Ganon Baker, a sports development coach who has worked with teams internationally and also played basketball in Iceland. He gives tips for communicating with sports kids.