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How Perfectionism Stifles Young Athletes’ Success

2009

Dr. Patrick Cohn discusses how fear of failure and perfectionism in young athletes can stifle their performance and thus success in sports.

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Youth Sports: Tips to Help Kids Handle the Pressure

Is your child feeling the pressures of a team or individual sport? Here are some tips on helping them handle the pressure.

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2019
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16:04

What Gives Elite Athletes the Edge? | Janne Mortensen | TEDxOdense

Do you want to develop the mind of a winner? Have you ever wondered what gives young, elite athletes the edge? How can you transform a kid into a champion? Expert in sports psychology and mental training, Janne Mortensen has coached national teams and world-class athletes, taking them to European...

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2019
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Perfectionism and Student Health: The Cause of All Our Problems

As a university student, there is a lot of pressure externally, internally and socially. This pressure comes from high standards and the need to succeed. These standards and pressure often times lead to high stress and anxiety within university students. This can be classified as perfectionism.

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2019
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Caitlin Thwaites Talks about the Pressure that Parents from the Sideline Can Put on Kids in Sport

Caitlin Thwaites of the Australian Diamonds netball team talks about parents pressuring kids in sports.

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2017
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03:59

Parental Pressure in Sport

Small clip highlighting the role some parents play in youth athletics, sometimes, to the detriment of the game.

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2014
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Lakers’ Jesse Mermuys: Here’s What Happens When Parents Remove Pressure from the Sidelines

Los Angeles Lakers Assistant Coach Jesse Mermuys describes how young athletes already put so much pressure on themselves to perform; let’s not add to it.

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2016
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Parents Who Pressure Their Sports Kids

In “Mental Training Sessions with Doc,” Dr. Patrick Cohn answers your sports psychology and mental training questions about sports parents who pressure their kids.

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2016
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Do Athletes Face Unnecessary Parent Pressure?

Are you putting too much pressure on your children to get a sports scholarship? That kind of pressure on kids doesn’t work very well.

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2011
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Overbearing Parents Can Take the Fun Out of Sports

Youth sports is supposed to be for the kids, but all too often, the parents become part of the story for all the wrong reasons.

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2018
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Don’t Be ‘that’ Sports Parent | On Parenting

Look up “out-of-control parent on sidelines” online and you’ll find hundreds of videos and stories of parental misbehavior at youth sports events. Here’s some advice for parents who want to be supportive without going viral.

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2015
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