COACHES: Sports psychology mental skills will help
you become more effective. Get the most out of your players at
“crunch time". Avoid the mental traps that many coaches fall
into. Train your athletes to be mentally tough and they'll compete to
their potential. Get
parents to work with you and not against you.
PARENTS: The principles
of peak performance in youth sports can help insure that your children
have fun, learn quickly, and perform to their potential. Sports
psychology can help you avoid the self-esteem-damaging mistakes made by
well-meaning parents. Learn to play the proper role on the
athlete-coach-parent team.
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Even the fastest, strongest, and most
skilled will underachieve if they concentrate on the wrong things, are
unable to quickly let go of mistakes or bad breaks, lack
self-confidence or motivation, or can't handle the pressure of
competition. If you leave the mental side of performance to chance,
then you're more vulnerable to performance problems such as excessive
nervousness, psych-outs, choking, slumps, and blocks. To be successful,
you need to harness the power of sports psychology to develop mental
toughness.
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