Episode #18: Goal Setting of my Raising Young Athletes podcast is the fifth of six episodes that explores the very direct impact that you have on your children in their athletic lives. Your young athletes can learn more about their commitment to a sport by having you assist them in setting goals for their participation. As [...]
Episode #17: Motivating Your Young Athlete of my Raising Young Athletes podcast is the fourth of six episodes that explores the very direct impact that you have on your children in their athletic lives. You as parents have tremendous to motivate--and demotivate--your young athlete. Your investment in your children's athletic lives and how that investment [...]
Episode #16: Guided Participation in Action of my Raising Young Athletes podcast is the third of six episodes that explores the very direct impact that you have on your children in their athletic lives. You can get your children off on the right foot in their sports participation by taking some active steps that will set [...]
Episode #15: Forced vs. Guided Participation of my Raising Young Athletes podcast is the second of six episodes that explores the very direct impact that you have on your children in their athletic lives. You play a vital role in your young athlete's first experience in a sport. Forcing them to participate can lead to [...]
Episode #10: Fear of Failure (Part II) of my Raising Young Athletes podcast is the fourth of seven in a series that examines obstacles that can prevent athletes from performing their best and enjoying their sports experiences. This episode is the second of two parts that explores the powerfully negative impact of fear of failure on [...]
In my recent ski racing articles, I’ve been focusing on how racers can use the fall to get maximally prepared to perform their best when race season begins. Well, with winter approaching, there’s another stakeholder in our ski racing community who also needs to get ready for the demands of the race season: Parents! As [...]
Episode #7 of my Raising Young Athletes podcast is the first of seven in a series that examines obstacles that can prevent athletes from performing their best and enjoying their sports experiences. Importantly, this series will consider ways in which parents hold these unhealthy attitudes and instill them in their children. Also, importantly, what parents [...]
Episode #5: Ownership of my Raising Young Athletes podcast examines the powerful impact that ownership has your children's enjoyment, performance, and success in their sports lives. Ownership means that they participate because they are doing entirely for themselves, love their sport, and have goals they want to achieve, rather than because of their parents' goals [...]
Episode #4: Self-esteem of my Raising Young Athletes podcast explores how self-esteem impacts young athletes' athletic and personal development. Self-esteem involves how children come to perceive and value themselves, in other words, do they see themselves worthwhile people deserving of love and respect. Self-esteem influences happiness, well-being, goals, and success, among many other outcomes. This [...]
Winter's coming. You can feel it and smell it in the air. I’m not talking about the crispness of a cold and clear winter morning. I’m the talking about the feel of files digging into edges, scrapers scraping bases, and the smell of hot wax dripping onto skis. Yep, for parents of young ski racers [...]
