Conversations with Kids – Week 2 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 Kids If your best friend had played a …
Conversations with Kids – Week 1 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 Kids If you found a magic key that …
Youth Sports Psychology Tips: Does Specialising on One Sport Hinder a Child’s Development? – Part 2 Sport can have many benefits psychologically for children Do you ever ask yourself the question as a parent – why does my child or children play sport? It’s so easy to forget to ask yourself such a simple question, …
Youth Sports Psychology Tips: Does Specialising on One Sport Hinder a Child’s Development? – Part 1 Many youngsters commit to one sport at an early age at a cost This blog is directed towards the parents of young athletes that play GAA (Gaelic Athletic Association) however, it’s also applicable to all parents who facilitate sporting …
Youth Sports Psychology Tips: How do I Help my Child to Focus in Sports? Concentration can be very difficult for many children “Come on son, concentrate”, “The game is passing you by”, “What are you doing?” are phrases used by sport parents and coaches frequently. How often do you here this or something similar? Often!! …
Youth Sports Psychology Tips: How to Support an Angry Young Athlete Anger is generally viewed negatively BUT… When we’re young, as children we often bite, push, shove, hit, kick and throw things in a rage. They’re normal behaviours that simply come with the territory of being a young child or infant. This is often the …
Youth Sports Psychology Tips: How do You Respond to Errors Errors are a natural part of sport Whether you as an athlete, or your players as a coach hit the ball wide of goal, play a poor pass, mishandle the ball or miss a short putt… errors happen. Can you prevent errors? I say NO! …
Soccer Psychology Tips: How to Help Young Footballers Find The Zone Many children do not know how to mentally prepare before matches As a parent you naturally get worked up before your children compete in a football match. You might worry that they’ll make a mistake that costs their team a goal. Or how they’ll …
Rugby Psychology Tips: How to Instill Self Belief and Self Confidence in a Young Rugby Player Having self-belief in your ability to play rugby can make a huge difference One of the biggest difficulties for parents is how to instill self belief and self confidence in young rugby players. As a child it’s very difficult to …
Youth Sports Psychology Tips: My Child Can’t Find “The Zone” MYTH – Children can’t train themselves to get into “the zone” before performing There are a number of ways that children can help themselves get into the right state so that they are calm and focused. How is this possible? Imagine the scenario, your child …