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
Why Unstructured Play is Key for Sports Kids
Ultimate Sports Parent Radio interviews Gary Simmons, author of "Gymbag Wisdom," and a sports performance specialist. He says that the best athletes who come to him had lots of unstructured play. Men…
00:16:29 |
Thu 29 Sep 2011
Youth Coach Uses Sports Psychology to Win
Ultimate Sports Parent Radio interviews Tony Acosta, who coaches 10- 11-year-olds in Australian rules football, about how he used Kids' Sports Psychology resources to beat a formidable opponent and w…
00:11:03 |
Thu 15 Sep 2011
Are You, Too, Distracting Your Sports Kids?
Ultimate Sports Parent Radio interviews Brenda, the mom to a skater who admits she struggles with nervousness, high expectations and perfectionism while watching her daughter skate. Her daughter tell…
00:11:22 |
Wed 07 Sep 2011
Secrets From the Parent of an Olympic Athlete
Ultimate Sports Parent Radio gets tips from Barbara Hopewell, sports mom to
Summer Sanders, a swimmer who won four medals at the 1992 Olympic games.
Summer wrote a book about her parents called “Cham…
00:11:03 |
Thu 11 Aug 2011
How Sports Kids Can Improve By Trusting Their Instincts
Ultimate Sports Parent Radio interviews Lumuli Kyumba, a high school track
and field coach who says her young athletes often perform better in
practice than during competition. She gives tips for hel…
00:12:05 |
Mon 25 Jul 2011
How Pre-Game Jitters Help Sports Kids
Ultimate Sports Parent Radio interviews Twan Russell, a former Miami
Dolphins player and current Director of Youth Programs for the Dolphins. He
talked about how pre-game jitters help sports kids--an…
00:10:32 |
Thu 09 Jun 2011
How Important is Determination in Youth Sports
Ultimate Sports Parent Radio interviews Kirk Mango, a coach, National
Champion, 3-Time All-American, and Hall of Fame Athlete and writer working
on a book, “Becoming A True Champion." Our topic: Dete…
00:09:24 |
Wed 11 May 2011
Homeschooling: Pressure for Young Athletes?
Ultimate Sports Parent Radio interviews Andrea Leib, a former teacher who
is founder of stayontrack.net, which is an online school for athletes who
need to homeschool due to demanding travel and prac…
00:11:20 |
Wed 30 Mar 2011
How to Deal With Difficult/Bully Coaches
Ultimate Sports Parent Radio interviews Christopher Hickey, executive
director of the National Council for Accreditation of Coaching Education,
about how parents can deal with difficult or bully coac…
00:11:24 |
Fri 04 Mar 2011
What College Plan is Best for Sports Kids
What’s best for sports kids as they aim for college teams? Ultimate Sports Parent Radio's Lisa Cohn talks to Joe Rice, a coach for 20 years with a website called kudda.com. The parent of two college …
00:10:06 |
Wed 09 Feb 2011
Helping Sports Kids Commit to Growth
Ultimate Sports Parent Radio interviews Rob Barber, president of USAthletic Baseball, which provides baseball training programs. Barber, who has coached a number of baseball players who went on to be…
00:10:50 |
Wed 26 Jan 2011
Why Talent is Over-rated in Youth Sports
Ultimate Sports Parent Radio interviews Kirk Mango, a coach, national champion, 3-Time All-American, Hall of Fame Athlete and writer working on a book, “Becoming A True Champion” about why talent is …
00:10:49 |
Mon 10 Jan 2011
Bullied Kids Who Drop Out of Sports
Ultimate Sports Parent Radio interviews Steve, a sports dad and hockey
coach. He tells stories about racial bullying and its effect on kids in
sports, giving an example of one young athlete who dropp…
00:11:36 |
Wed 15 Dec 2010
Committed, Balanced Sports Parents
Ultimate Sports Parent Radio interviews Dave Dupont, a former sports parent
and coach who is now CEO of TeamSnap, a web-based service that helps teams
manage players, games and team payments. Our top…
00:19:52 |
Thu 02 Dec 2010
How Parents' Body Language Affects Sports Kids
Ultimate Sports Parent Radio interviews Monika Schloder, a sports
consultant who was trained in sports pedagogy, and is the recipient of 14
international coaching and teaching awards and was Alberta …
00:11:05 |
Wed 17 Nov 2010
Helping Kids Communicate with Teammates
As part of our Sports Parents' Coach series, Ultimate Sports Parent
interviews John, the father of an 11-year-old soccer play who is a
perfectionist and tends to criticize his teammates. Mental game …
00:11:03 |
Wed 10 Nov 2010
How Much Should Sports Parents Push?
Ultimate Sports Parent Radio interviews John Poncy, a sports dad, youth
coach, and former soccer player for the Armed Forces National Team about
his role as sports parent to passionate young players.…
00:16:07 |
Wed 03 Nov 2010
Communication to Help Build Kids' Confidence
How can parents and coaches help kids develop character and confidence in
youth sports? Communication is key, says Michael Langlois, co-owner of
Prospect Communications, which helps parents, coaches …
00:11:20 |
Wed 27 Oct 2010
Creating Confident, Coachable Athletes
Ultimate Sports Parent Radio interviews Ray Lokar, a lead trainer for the
Positive Coaching Alliance who has coached youth sports for more than 30
years and is the director of basketball4all.net. He …
00:10:39 |
Wed 20 Oct 2010
Sports Parents' Coach: Building Confidence
Ultimate Sports Parent Radio releases the first in a new audio series
called "Sports Parents Coach," during which sports parents share their
kids' mental game challenges, and Dr. Patrick Cohn and Lis…
00:08:58 |
Wed 13 Oct 2010
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