Building Confidence in Young Athletes
Ultimate Sports Parent Radio (www.youthsportspsychology .com), which aims to instill confidence and success in young athletes, interviews Dr. Patrick Cohn, leading "mental game" coach, along with parents and popular youth coaches from Showtime Athletics, Portalnd, Ore., to provide sports parenting and coaching tips. Episodes address "mental game" issues such as fear of failure in young athletes, how playing time affects confidence, and common confidence busters. Email us your questions!
- Update frequency
- every 16 days
- Average duration
- 17 minutes
- Episodes
- 256
- Years Active
- 2006 - 2022
How Coaches Build Confidence Through Online Communication
Ultimate Sports Parent Radio interviews John Engh, COO of the National Alliance for Youth Sports (NAYS), about the confidence-building benefits of coaches’ communicating with young athletes outside o…
00:24:10 |
Fri 24 Jul 2009
Bouncing Back from Disappointment in Youth Sports
Ultimate Sports Parent Radio interviews Tamar Chansky, child psychologist and author of, “Freeing Your Child From Negative Thinking.” She discusses how to help sports kids be resilient and bounce bac…
00:11:47 |
Thu 09 Jul 2009
Managing Stress in Youth Sports
Ultimate Sports Parent Radio interviews Debbie Mandel, a stress management expert who’s the author of “Addicted to Stress” about how parents can manage stress in youth sports and help kids feel confi…
00:12:52 |
Wed 24 Jun 2009
Why Sports Parents Should "Back Off"
Ultimate Sports Parent Radio interviews Tommy Weber, a former professional baseball player who has coached Division 1 players for 24 years and is now also coaching kids 7-18. Parents are too involved…
00:11:12 |
Mon 08 Jun 2009
When Kids Pressure Themselves to Be Perfect
Ultimate Sports Parent Radio interviews Jane, a sports mom and tennis pro, along with her Division 1 tennis player. He describes his drive to be perfect--and how it hurt his game in the past. With a …
00:13:08 |
Thu 21 May 2009
Tools To Ensure Kids Learn Life Lessons
Ultimate Sports Parent Radio interviews Jim Thompson, founder of the Positive Coaching Alliance and a spokesman for Liberty Mutual's Responsible Sports program about Responsible Sports program tools …
00:24:23 |
Fri 17 Apr 2009
Overcoming Adversity and Injury in Sports
Ultimate Sports Parent Radio interviews Scott Smith, an internationally ranked U.S. figure skater and the second alternate for the last Olympic games in Italy. He describes the mental game strategies…
00:15:01 |
Wed 01 Apr 2009
Visualizing Success in Youth Sports
Ultimate Sports Parent Radio interviews Jim Thompson, spokesman for Liberty Mutual Responsible Sports and founder of The Positive Coaching Alliance about his experience using mental game techniques w…
00:16:28 |
Mon 09 Mar 2009
Marketing Young Athletes to College Coaches
Ultimate Sports Parent Radio interviews Avi Stopper, founder and president of CaptainU, a website designed to teach high school athletes and their parents how to successfully negotiate the college re…
00:15:42 |
Mon 23 Feb 2009
Identifying Anxiety in Young Athletes
Ultimate Sports Parent Radio interviews Dr. Cory Bank, an athlete-turned-psychologist whose practice focuses on sports psychology. He explains how to identify anxiety in young athletes and how to dea…
00:17:26 |
Thu 05 Feb 2009
Why Conflicting Expectations Hurt Sports Kids
Ultimate Sports Parent Radio interviews Robert Gotlin, director of orthopedic and sports rehab for Beth Israel Medical Center's Continuing Center for Health and Healing, and author of the book, "Dr. …
00:16:39 |
Thu 15 Jan 2009
Working Hard, Having Fun in Sports
Ultimate Sports Parent Radio interviews Jason Kelly, founder of the Redding Vipers Baseball Club, about how kids can both work hard and have fun at the same time. Put kids in a position to learn by a…
00:14:04 |
Fri 19 Dec 2008
Helping Young Athletes Market Themselves to College Coaches
Ultimate Sports Parent Radio interviews Mike Popovec, president and CEO of Recruit U, a company that helps high school athletes market themselves to colleges. He discusses the intense pressure many a…
00:15:51 |
Tue 02 Dec 2008
Child Athletes or Entertainers?
Ultimate Sports Parent Radio interviews Tom Farrey, ESPN reporter and author of the book "Game On: The All-American Race to Make Champions of Our Children." Farrey based his book on visits to youth s…
00:17:04 |
Thu 13 Nov 2008
The Benefits of Fitness Training For Young Athletes
Ultimate Sports Parent Radio interviews John Woods, a partner with Speed To Win, about parents' role in performance training. He argues that parents often don't understand the difference between fit…
00:12:29 |
Fri 31 Oct 2008
The Benefits of Free Play in Youth Sports
Ultimate Sports Parent Radio interviews Tommy Weber, a former pro baseball
player who has coached Div. 1 teams for 22 years, about the value of
unstructured play: how it enhances creativity and passi…
00:15:15 |
Fri 17 Oct 2008
How Sports Creates Happy, Healthy Kids
Ultimate Sports Parent Radio Interviews Stephen Raghoobarsingh, Author of the new book, "The New Game Plan: Using Sports to Raise Healthy, Happy, and Successful Kids." He discusses how the "winning i…
00:15:49 |
Fri 03 Oct 2008
The Inner Game of Sports Parenting
Ultimate Sports Parent Radio interviews Sean Brawley, a former top-150 world tennis pro and an expert in the "inner game" coaching philosophy. He discusses the inner game of sports parenting, which e…
00:15:19 |
Fri 19 Sep 2008
How Youth Sports Enhances Character and Creates Leaders
Ultimate Sports Parent Radio interviews Steve Horan, founder of sportsparent.net and an expert in community health improvement. He asks the question: With the numbers of kids involved in youth sports…
00:15:05 |
Fri 12 Sep 2008
When Having Fun In Youth Sports Equals Success
Ultimate Sports Parent Radio Interviews Michael Sachs, Professor of Kinesiology at Temple University and author of the book, “The Total Sports Experience for Kids: A Parents’ Guide to Success in Yout…
00:19:16 |
Thu 04 Sep 2008
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