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
Kids are Getting Sick from Lack of Exercise & Play
Kids and teens are getting sick from lack of exercise and outdoor play, says Dr. Dan O'Neill, an orthopedic surgeon, sports psychologist and author of "Survival of the Fit." Screen time and processed…
00:32:51 |
Tue 05 Jan 2021
Why Community is Key to Confidence in Youth Sports
How does community help sports kids build confidence? V.J. Stanley, a coach, former teacher and author of numerous youth sports books explains how feeling supported by community boosts kids' confiden…
00:23:23 |
Tue 15 Dec 2020
Ensuring Dance Serves Kids' Souls
Chasta Hamilton, author of "Trash the Trophies: How to Win Without Losing Your Soul" was seeing "red flags" In the dance scene, so decided to offer young dancers an alternative that feeds their sou…
00:25:01 |
Mon 23 Nov 2020
Feeling Safe, Feeling Confident in Youth Sports
What's the link between having safe equipment--such as helmets--and feeling confident? Mike Oliver, executive director of the National Operating Committee on Standards for Athletic Equipment (NOCSAE)…
00:25:46 |
Tue 03 Nov 2020
How Coaches Can Help Kids With Mental Health Challenges
Rebekah Roulier--director of The Champions Network and a former NCAA Division 1 student athlete who has a degree in counseling--explains how coaches can help sports kids with mental health challenges…
00:31:36 |
Tue 20 Oct 2020
Creating a Vision & Goals in Youth Sports
Christian Buck, author of The Sport of School and a performance coach who has worked with college teams at Brown, Harvard and Yale, talks about the importance of creating a vision and setting goals i…
00:34:44 |
Tue 06 Oct 2020
Helping Girls in Sports with Body Image
Kate T Parker. a professional photographer and New York Times bestselling author of The Heart of a Boy and Strong is the New Pretty talks about girls and body image. How can parents help girls worry …
00:25:19 |
Tue 22 Sep 2020
Tips from Neuropsychologist & World Cup Champion about Youth Sports
Christie Pearce Rampone, a two-time Women's World Cup champion, three-time Olympic gold medalist, and former captain of the US Women’s National Soccer Team teams up with sports neuropsychologist and …
00:29:50 |
Tue 08 Sep 2020
Uncomfortable in Practice, Comfortable Competing
Brian Levenson, a mental performance coach and author of "Shift Your Mind,"
describes helpful mindsets in youth sports, including "uncomfortable
in preparation, comfortable in performance" and "selfi…
00:28:37 |
Wed 19 Aug 2020
How Visualization Helps Boost Sports Kids' Confidence
Adelaide Goodeve began coaching athletes of all ages in a very roundabout way.
When she was struggling with chronic fatigue syndrome, she learned how to retrain her brain, and in doing so, became a …
00:23:42 |
Tue 04 Aug 2020
How These Somali Soccer Players & Their Coach Created Community
Amy Bass, author of "One Goal: A Coach, a Team and the Game That Brought a
Divided Town Together,” relates how refugees from Somalia brought soccer
to the town of Lewiston, Maine and changed it in re…
00:29:50 |
Tue 21 Jul 2020
Helping Girls Bullied in Sports
How can parents and coaches help girls bullied in sports?
Ultimate Sports Parent Radio interviews Aureen Monteiro, author of the upcoming book "Rise Higher," which aims to empower women to overcome c…
00:20:38 |
Tue 07 Jul 2020
How World-Class Athletes Succeed
Ultimate Sports Parent Radio talks with Jeremy Bhandari, the 23-year-old author of "Trust The Grind," a new book about how world-class athletes got to the top.
A former researcher for ESPN, Bhandari…
00:25:32 |
Mon 22 Jun 2020
The Benefits of a Growth Mindset in Young Athletes
Ultimate Sports Parent Radio once again interviews Kelly Gray, this time about the benefits of kids embracing a growth mindset in sports. He also provides parents tips about what they should be looki…
00:15:46 |
Mon 08 Jun 2020
When Kids View Sports as a Job They Don't Enjoy
Ultimate Sports Parent Radio interviews Kelly Gray, a former professional soccer player who has many years experience working with youth sports organizations. He’s founder of Kelly Gray Sports and So…
00:20:46 |
Tue 26 May 2020
Expanding Youth Sports Programs in NYC
Ultimate Sports Parent Radio interviews Brendan Kitson, co-founder of the
City Schools Sports Association of New York City, a sports league in its
first year serving the city's schools, primarily loc…
00:24:15 |
Tue 12 May 2020
Keeping Kids Engaged in Sports During COVID-19 Isolation
It’s still possible for kids to stay involved in sports during COVID-19 isolation, says
Spencer Gordon, partnership manager for the Positive Coaching Alliance (PCA) Portland in this podcast episode.…
00:24:53 |
Thu 30 Apr 2020
Program Gets Kids Running During COVID-19 Crisis
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…
00:19:35 |
Tue 14 Apr 2020
How Motivational Phrases During Warm Up Help Sports Kids
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 brea…
00:28:46 |
Wed 25 Mar 2020
Youth Sports Confidence Comes and Goes
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 a…
00:22:09 |
Tue 10 Mar 2020
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