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
Teaching Kids Emotional Intelligence through Sports
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 thei…
00:25:06 |
Tue 11 Feb 2020
Coaching Special Needs Kids
Elizabeth Pecsok, a coach for Oregon Gymnastics Academy, says she coaches
special needs kids by helping them overcome fears and feel successful.
00:19:16 |
Tue 28 Jan 2020
How to Give Sports Kids Constructive Feedback
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 internati…
00:27:07 |
Wed 11 Dec 2019
Why Girls Drop Out of Sports More Often than Boys
Ultimate Sports Parent Radio interviews Nancy Lough, professor at
University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV), who focuses on gender equity in
sports, explains why more girls drop out of sports than boys. …
00:28:38 |
Wed 20 Nov 2019
Addressing Kids' Social Challenges in Youth Sports
Caroline Maguire, author of "Why Will No One Play with Me?" and a
professional certified coach who has worked with Olympic and other
athletes, gives tips for helping young athletes read others' cues.…
00:22:23 |
Tue 05 Nov 2019
Anxiety & Depression Increasing in Young Athletes
The pressures of modern youth sports are creating stress related mental health issues in young athletes. But there’s a non-traditional way of addressing this stress.
That’s what we learned during ou…
00:33:47 |
Tue 22 Oct 2019
Why Sports Parents Need to be Patient
Ultimate Sports Parent Radio interviews Alex Molden, former NFL player, motivational speaker, high school football coach and sports parent. He says the biggest challenge for parents is being patient …
00:23:26 |
Wed 02 Oct 2019
Coaching Women's Volleyball in the Age of Social Media
Tricia Roos, Bishop Lynch High School’s head women’s volleyball coach, talks about how social media in youth sports affects communication--and what she does about it on her high school teams.
00:30:22 |
Wed 18 Sep 2019
How Important is Winning in Youth Sports?
Brooks Elms, a youth sports coach and former Division 3 player for NYU, says he's spent countless hours thinking about whether winning is important in sports. He brings that background to his coachin…
00:32:01 |
Tue 23 Jul 2019
Embracing Playfulness in Youth Sports
Mohammed Almarzouq, 27, from Saudi Arabia, a recent ninja coach for kids at
Skyhook Ninja Fitness, has appeared on American Ninja Warrior twice. The
"Grownup Child" talks about the benefits of playfu…
00:17:36 |
Tue 09 Jul 2019
How This Young Tennis Player Beat a Cold Streak
Mary Nhin, co-author, along with her son, Kobe, of "How to Win Wimbledon in Pajamas," describes how learning about mental toughness helped her son overcome a cold streak in tennis. She provides menta…
00:15:29 |
Wed 05 Jun 2019
How Our Program Helped This Perfectionist Athlete
Richard Burke, a coach for numerous youth sports teams, explains how our "Ultimate Sports Parent" program helped a 10-year-old athlete address perfectionism in baseball.
00:18:11 |
Wed 22 May 2019
Helping Low-Income Kids Participate in Youth Sports
Ultimate Sports Parent Radio interviews Kaig Lightner, founder of Portland
Community Football Club, a soccer club that aims to provide low-income kids
affordable access to sports. Team members, many …
00:24:40 |
Wed 06 Mar 2019
Why Sports Parents Should Drop the Sports Fan Mindset
Bob Katz, a journalist, former sports dad and coach and author of the kids' book "EZ and the Intangibles," discusses why it's important for sports parents to drop the sports fan mindset when watchin…
00:18:54 |
Wed 16 Jan 2019
Why Young Kids are Dropping Out of Sports
New studies show that 14% of soccer and other players age 6-12 drop out of sports. Until now, the focus has been on older kids--the fact that more than 50% of kids drop out of sports by age 13.
In…
00:31:11 |
Wed 24 Oct 2018
How Parents Should Communicate with Young Athletes
Greg Winkler, longtime coach, and author of "Coaching a Season of
Significance," describes what parents should say and do after a game. He
gives tips about the best ways to communicate with young ath…
00:21:46 |
Wed 26 Sep 2018
How Nutrition Affects the Mental Game in Youth Sports
Kimberly Lackey, founder of Empath Coaching, discusses how nutrition
affects kids' mental game and performance in youth sports. She gives tips
about nutrition choices before games and practice.
00:19:28 |
Wed 22 Aug 2018
Helping Sports Kids Who Focus on Fairness
Part Two of our interview with Mark Lawton, a longtime teacher and coach who has taken teams to the championship level. How do kids react when they feel as if they're not being treated fairly? And wh…
00:20:08 |
Wed 11 Apr 2018
Building Confidence with a Positive Team Culturs
Mark Lawton, a longtime teacher and coach who has led many teams to championships, describes how to create a confidence-boosting team culture--and why it's important to kids' confidence.
00:20:27 |
Wed 11 Apr 2018
Building Confidence with Fairness in Youth Sports Coaching
Mark Lawton, a longtime teacher and coach who has led many teams to championships, says kids and parents with a strong sense of fairness often get upset by perceived issues of fairness. He provides t…
00:16:06 |
Wed 21 Feb 2018
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