Supporting children, teenagers and young adults to manage emotions is vital for success in sport. Our resources help parents and coaches understand how to guide children who react with tantrums, tears, or aggressive behaviour when things go wrong. Emotional outbursts often stem from frustration, mistakes, or refereeing decisions. Learn how to help your child develop resilience, regulate emotions, and bounce back positively from setbacks in sport.
The Silent Athlete A Practical Guide for Youth Sport Coaches Understanding the quiet young athletes in your team Youth sport coaches often focus their attention on the most vocal players; the confident ones who ask questions, call for the ball, and actively seek feedback. But every team also has silent young athletes. These youngsters may …
Emotional Control & “Fear Phrases” in Youth Sport A Guide For Sport Coaches How to keep standards high without creating a fear-based culture Youth sport coaches don’t just coach skills you coach “psychological states”. Your tone, language and body language shape how children and young athletes interpret pressure. When emotions run high, many coaches slip …
Conversations with Kids: When School and Sport Collide For parents and guardians where we give you prompts so that you can have more meaningful conversations with your children to help them build key characteristics such as mental toughness, resilience, confidence, creativity, focus and so on. A Questions for Your Kids “When schoolwork, exams, and sport …
Conversations with Kids: A Parents Guide On Communicating With Teenagers For parents and guardians where we give you prompts so that you can have more meaningful conversations with your children to help them build key characteristics such as mental toughness, resilience, confidence, creativity, focus and so on. A Questions for Your Kids What’s one part …
Case Study: Supporting a Young Tennis Player to Improve Emotional Regulation When Under Pressure “Rory” (pseudonym) is an 8-year-old competitive tennis player competing regularly within the UK youth tennis pathway. He trains and plays matches several times per week and is exposed to the fast-paced, emotionally demanding nature of competitive tennis from a very young …
Conversations with Kids: A Parent’s Guide to Helping Children Overcome Fear and Mental Blocks For parents and guardians where we give you prompts so that you can have more meaningful conversations with your children to help them build key characteristics such as mental toughness, resilience, confidence, creativity, focus and so on. A Question for your …
Case Study: Helping a Young Trampolinist Overcome Mental Blocks So That She Can Perform Backward Skills With Trust This case study explores the journey of Olivia (pseudonym), a talented 10-year-old trampolinist experiencing fear, hesitation and mental blocks when working on backward moves. An issue common among young trampolinists and gymnasts. Over several weeks, we worked …
Book Review – ADHD in Sport: Strategies for Success by Dr Josephine Perry ADHD has become increasingly recognised across the sporting world, with more young adult athletes stepping forward to explore how their attention differences influence their training, decision-making, performance, and well-being. Dr Josephine Perry’s ADHD in Sport: Strategies for Success arrives at exactly the …
Case Study: Helping a Neurodivergent 14-Year-Old Footballer Strengthen His Confidence, Emotions and Match Performances Ethan, aged 14, came to sessions struggling with confidence, emotional overwhelm, and inconsistency in football. As a neurodivergent young player, he often felt things more intensely than his teammates frustration after mistakes, anxiety before big games, self-criticism, and difficulty letting go …
Research Review – When the Dream Ends: What Academy Release Really Does to Young Footballers And How to Support Them Introduction: When Football Ends Before It Begins For young footballers across the UK, the academy system represents hope, belonging and a pathway to the top of the game. But for most, that pathway ends suddenly. …