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1/5/2004
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Do I Actually Have to Talk to the Parents?
Youth coaches sometimes joke that the ideal youth team is a team of orphans. Though this approach is one solution to problem parents, there are other more...
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SportsEsteem
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12/15/2003
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Dealing With Fear
Fear is a natural instinct that once helped protect humans from being eaten. Though being eaten is no longer a daily problem, fear is still a large part of...
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SportsEsteem
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12/15/2003
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Five Easy Ways to Feed the Fear of Your Players
Coaches can have a big impact on the way players deal with the fears that can arise from sporting competitions. Every competition has an outcome. But, focusing...
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SportsEsteem
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12/15/2003
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The Fear of Failure is Often Worse than Failure Itself
Whether parents put pressure on their kids or not, kids will put pressure on themselves. This pressure can lead to fears that if not handled properly will lead...
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SportsEsteem
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12/2/2003
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Breaking Bad Habits in 21 Days
Habit - A recurrent, often unconscious pattern of behavior that is acquired through frequent repetition. -- The American Heritage® Dictionary Each activity in...
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SportsEsteem
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12/2/2003
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Criticize the Performance Not the Player
Coaches are an important influence in a kid's life. Their words always carry more significance to the child hearing them than the to the coach who is saying...
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SportsEsteem
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12/2/2003
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Getting Your Kids Off to a Good Start
The first few weeks that kids spend playing a new sport often determines how long they will continue. If the first few weeks are fun, then kids will stay with...
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SportsEsteem
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11/12/2003
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Trying Out for a Select Team - The Parent Quiz
If Your Kid Can Make the Team, Can You? Given the importance of team chemistry, many select and travel teams are starting to evaluate parents as well as the...
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SportsEsteem
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10/22/2003
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Building Your Own Tiger Woods
In 1996 at the age of 20, Tiger Woods started playing professional golf and began a new chapter in his then 18 year run in the public eye. At the age of two,...
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SportsEsteem
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10/14/2003
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Have You Talked with the Coach Today?
Good communication is not only critical among players, it is also critical between players and coaches. Players need to be able to talk with coaches to get the...
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SportsEsteem
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