We hear from players all the time that they have coaches that they don’t like or don’t like them. Either way it affects a child’s performance whether positively or negatively. It is then necessary for them to know how to deal with these tough coaches to maintain their focus in [...] Read more »
How To Visualize Success
Many athletes stay up the night before a game worrying if they are strong enough, tough enough, good enough. What they should be doing is seeing and thinking how they will defeat their opponent. Athletes have a powerful tool to help them stay focused in the competition… Today we are [...] Read more »
Hard Work In Sports Develops Perseverance
It is tough for most young athletes to understand the benefits of hard work. In the next video, in the series of interviews with Raven Magwood, she shares her secrets to getting herself to put in the hard work to be successful in sports and in life. You definitely have [...] Read more »
What Are The Risks In An Energy Drink Addiction?
Courtesy of: Therapeutic Boarding Schools For Teens – TheFamilyCompass.com If you missed the article on Healthy Meals To Feed Your Athletes Before A Big Event, by sure to check it out by clicking here. Read more »
Are You Mentally Tough?
What is the biggest hurdle for student athletes that holds them back from performing and achieving their best? When an athlete is experiencing a lot of things that are too much for him/her to handle it easily affect his/her performance, either in school, sports or in other aspects of life. [...] Read more »
How To Coach Kids With High Expectations
Coaches are always trying to find the right balance of pushing their athletes and helping them develop their own intrinsic motivation. Today we are featuring Part 4 of a series of interviews with Raven Magwood, a teenage author, motivational speaker, and TV talk show host. In this video, Raven shares [...] Read more »
Intrinsic Motivation In Sports
Intrinsic motivation refers to motivation that is driven by an interest or enjoyment in the task itself, and exists within the individual rather than relying on any external pressure. It is based on taking pleasure in an activity rather than working towards an external reward. An athlete no matter how [...] Read more »
How To Stop Bullying In Sports
Bullying happens in and out of school and certainly in sports these days. Kids who experience bullying can easily develop an inferiority complex. According to Alfred Adler, inferiority complex is when “the feeling of inferiority is highly intensified to the degree that the child believes that he will never be [...] Read more »
Anxiety In Sports Performance
Trembling, tremors, unsteadiness, body getting weak, pounding heart and sweating, these are just some of the symptoms that an athlete can feel when they are experiencing anxiety in sports. We all know how this can affect their focus and concentration during the competition causing them to lack confidence and lose [...] Read more »
Failure In Sports Leads To Success
Raven Magwood is a teenage author, motivational speaker, and TV talk show host. At 19 years old, she has accomplished more than most do in their lifetime. When she was just 11 years old, she was a national gymnastics champion and published her first book, On to Victory! The Winning [...] Read more »
