How to help your children manage their ‘butterflies’?
All of our children at some point or another will have ‘butterflies’ in their stomach as they prepare for a particular training session, match or competition. They may also feel it when they are preparing for a concert, school play or indeed a multitude of things they face in their life away from the sports field.
Is your praise having a positive or negative impact on your child’s sport?
To add to the growing minefield for sports parents we have to ask the question about the amount and type of praise you are giving your children. Does it have a positive or negative impact on their sporting performance?
Does sport and physical activity build self esteem?
I was reminded of Margaret Talbot’s words when I recently read Mina Samuels book Run Like a Girl: How Strong Women Make Happy Lives. This book offers an interesting collection of stories of girls and women whose lives have been transformed by engagement with sports of different kinds.
Your child has lost confidence – what can you do as a parent?
During your children’s sporting careers, there will inevitably be times when your children lose some confidence in their ability, or their ability to carry out specific techniques and skills within their sport.
HOW TO IDENTIFY AND PREVENT BURNOUT IN YOUR CHILD?
We hope this article will give parents some tips in trying to recognise and prevent burnout in their children. There are many signs and factors that can be looked out for and we hope that a greater awareness will lead to less instances of this happening. With this information at hand parents can react accordingly and prevent situations before they become far worse.
Sure Fire Ways to Help Unlock Your Child’s Powerful Mental Talent
No doubt many of us watched the Olympics, jaws dropped, as records were broken and medal after medal was earned by extraordinary athletes. We also may have looked at our child on the sofa next to us and wondered, “Maybe my kid…”
