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How To Be A Supportive Parent In Youth Sports

Craig Sigl2020-09-30T20:18:44+08:00

Support from parents is essential in making sure youth athletes reach their full potential on and off the game. This is part 9 in the series of our interviews with Coach Dan Clemens. Here, he talks about How To Be A Supportive Parent In Youth Sports. Read on as Coach Dan shares tips on how you can give all the support your children need. We'd love to hear what you have to say, please do leave a comment below. The best way and biggest thing parents can do to support their kids is to know what their kids [...]

How To Be A Supportive Parent In Youth SportsCraig Sigl2020-09-30T20:18:44+08:00

Should You Let Your Child Quit Sports?

Craig Sigl2020-09-30T20:19:02+08:00

As an expert in working with kids in sports, I get this type of question often from parents: Should you let your child quit sports? We want to help our daughter, now 12, with handling the pressure of playing premier club soccer. She is by far one of the better skilled players and excellent at practices but would shut down if she fumble or felt she made a mistake on the field. We've struggled with this the last 2 seasons but she has made some improvements. As parents her play and potential has fueled our support and encouragement. Recently, she didn't [...]

Should You Let Your Child Quit Sports?Craig Sigl2020-09-30T20:19:02+08:00

Best Ways Coaches Can Deal With Parents

Craig Sigl2020-09-30T20:19:40+08:00

Parents can sometimes be too pushy when it comes to their children playing their sport. In this video Coach Dan shares with us the best ways a youth sports coach can deal with parents. This video is the 7th part of our series of interviews with Coach Dan. What you are about to read is about Best Ways Coaches Can Deal With Parents. Make your thoughts known by leaving a comment below. You don't want to get in between the player and the parent. A lot of times I will talk to the kid. I won't contradict anything [...]

Best Ways Coaches Can Deal With ParentsCraig Sigl2020-09-30T20:19:40+08:00

How To Help Athletes Concentrate Better In Sports

Craig Sigl2020-09-30T20:19:56+08:00

Concentration is key in being successful in any sport. Youth athletes need all the help they can get when it comes to improving their ability to concentrate. This is part 8 of our series of interview with Coach Dan Clemens. In this video he discusses ways on How To Help Athletes Concentrate Better In Sports. Here, Coach Dan gives tips on how to help your athlete concentrate better. Make your thoughts known by leaving a comment below. I try to find something the kids are really good at where they are able to focus. That is usually off of the [...]

How To Help Athletes Concentrate Better In SportsCraig Sigl2020-09-30T20:19:56+08:00

Helping Kids Cope With Frustration

Craig Sigl2020-09-30T20:20:09+08:00

In this video Coach Dan Clemens discusses ways on how to Help Kids Cope With Frustration. This is part 6 of the series of our interview with Coach Dan Clemens. Read on below to discover how Coach Dan helps kids deal with frustration in sports. If a kid is upset after a game, it depends on the kid. At some point, all kids are going to be upset. They are going to be crying. They are going to be mad or they are going to be frustrated or angry or whatever it is. Let them vent a little [...]

Helping Kids Cope With FrustrationCraig Sigl2020-09-30T20:20:09+08:00

Building Mental Strength And Achieving Peak Performance In Athletes

Craig Sigl2020-09-30T20:26:36+08:00

What is the best way to achieve peak performance and Building Mental Strength in athletes? To answer this question, we wanted to share with you Bob Adrian’s tips and strategies for coaches. Bob trains coaches on “Best Coaching Practices”; and in this article offers many great ideas and suggestions on how to cultivate an attitude of mental toughness… Quite often coaches lament about their teams when they are struggling to compete successfully by saying that their team lacks mental strength. Even Boston Celtics coach, Doc Rivers, called his team ‘soft’ after a number of “mediocre performances” early this season. What do [...]

Building Mental Strength And Achieving Peak Performance In AthletesCraig Sigl2020-09-30T20:26:36+08:00

Coaching Tips For Youth Baseball

Craig Sigl2020-09-30T20:26:48+08:00

This is part 5 of the series of our interview with Dan Clemens. In this video, Coach Dan shares techniques in Teaching Motivation in Youth Sports. Find out how Coach Dan Clemens motivates his team by reading on. We also would love to hear what you think; please do leave your comments below. I try to bring a lot of passion to the game as a coach. The kids know that I love the game and they know that I enjoy being out there. They know that I enjoy being with them and that I like them and [...]

Coaching Tips For Youth BaseballCraig Sigl2020-09-30T20:26:48+08:00

Deal With Pressure To Win In Sports

Craig Sigl2020-09-30T20:27:02+08:00

In this video Coach Dan discusses effective ways to Deal With Pressure In Order To Win In Sports. This is part 4 in the series of interviews with Coach Dan Clemens. Let's find out how Coach Dan and his team deals with pressure and use it to win. All of us will feel pressure at some point in our lives. The biggest thing, first, I tell kids to do is breathe. Take a couple of deep breaths and clear your mind. Just try to relax a little bit. Second, think small. I think a lot of times when [...]

Deal With Pressure To Win In SportsCraig Sigl2020-09-30T20:27:02+08:00

Visualization: Building Confidence In Baseball

Craig Sigl2020-09-30T20:27:13+08:00

Building Confidence in Baseball through Visualization. This is part 3 in the series of interviews with Coach Dan Clemens. Here, he shares with us How To Build Confidence In Baseball: Use Visualization Read on as Coach Dan discusses how the power of visualization can help you become a more confident baseball player. If the kids can think back to a time when they have been successful at something like in batting practice, if a kid has really been struggling and he has a couple of really good swings and hits the ball well, then I will say: "Remember [...]

Visualization: Building Confidence In BaseballCraig Sigl2020-09-30T20:27:13+08:00

Rutgers Scarlet Knight Players Learn From Passion NOT Abuse!

Craig Sigl2020-09-30T20:27:38+08:00

Rutgers Scarlet Knight Players Learn From Passion NOT Abuse Since the Rutger Scarlet Knights coach is being so pillared in the press lately, Craig, the Mental Toughness Trainer wanted to weigh on how coaches can lead with passion - not abuse! It is also important you keep a vigilant watch that your kids are never subjected to that kind of abuse... Recently Craig, the Mental Toughness Trainer was interviewed for an upcoming article in Consumer Affairs about the Rutgers coaching scandal. We thought his answers would be helpful… What do you believe is the biggest lesson parents should take from [...]

Rutgers Scarlet Knight Players Learn From Passion NOT Abuse!Craig Sigl2020-09-30T20:27:38+08:00