Mental Toughness Podcast: Help Your Child with Setting Goals in Youth Sports

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Setting goals in sports is not just for athletes who want to go pro, or even make it to college. Setting goals is something we should encourage every child in sports to do. And here’s why:

The real value of setting goals is not the recognition or reward, it’s the person we become by finding the courage, discipline and commitment to achieve them.

Even small kids can learn how to set goals. And today’s podcast guest will give you some ideas for helping your child–at any age–learn the value and strategy for setting goals.

Amy Hollingsworth is a dedicated and passionate coach whose field hockey experience dates back to her years as a collegiate field hockey athlete at York University.

Her extensive field hockey and coaching resume includes:

NCCP Learning Facilitator and NCCP Certified Level 3 Coach

Certified Functional Strength Coach

OUA Coach of the Year with Trent University

High Performance Coach for thirteen years with Field Hockey Ontario including two Canada Summer Games

Junior National Team Manager for the Pan-American Cup and World Cup

Senior National Team Manager

Field Hockey Director at Olympia Sports Camp

Field Hockey Umpire

Ontario Minor Hockey Association Level 3 Referee

Colin Hood OFSAA School Sport Award recipient

Participant Coach -OFSAA Rugby Championships 2007, 2008

Amy is currently a Residential Head of House at Lakefield College School to thirty high school girls. In addition she is Head Coach of the Varsity Girls Field Hockey Team, manages the school’s Fitness Centre and High Performance Centre and is Founder of the Maverick Field Hockey Club.

So, you get the picture? Amy knows her stuff when it comes to youth sports, and especially field hockey!

I know you will find her insight helpful and useful!

If you are reading my blog or listening to this podcast, I know it’s because you want your child to have a good youth sports experience.

Are you doing everything you can to make that happen? I would like to give you some tools to make your job easier. 

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