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How To Motivate Your Child Out Of A Slump

Craig Sigl2020-09-30T03:38:31+08:00

If you have a child in youth sports, then you know that kids sometimes get into a slump. The question is how to motivate your child out of that slump. The following is an excerpt from The Football Momʼs Survival Guide, but the truths are for every parent of a young athlete who struggles with lack of motivation. Itʼs not fun to watch your son struggle, fail, and suffer discouragement. If youʼre like me, you want to ﬁgure out how to make it better right away. Like putting a Band-Aid on a scrape, we want to ﬁnd an emotional Band-Aid [...]

How To Motivate Your Child Out Of A SlumpCraig Sigl2020-09-30T03:38:31+08:00

How To Build Self Esteem By Building Trust

Craig Sigl2020-09-30T03:40:14+08:00

Youth athletes need to build trust in themselves and their coaches to move up to the next level in their sport! Without trust, development is impossible! Just ask Olympic Gold Medalist Peter Vidmar. In this video, Peter shares how trusting his coach fully to teach him how to acquire new difficult moves and skills helped him gain self-esteem and confidence. We'd love to hear your thoughts about How To Build Self Esteem By Trusting Your Coach, please do leave a comment below! Early on I started to realize that Makoto Sakamoto, my coach, would never ask me to [...]

How To Build Self Esteem By Building TrustCraig Sigl2020-09-30T03:40:14+08:00

Brent Bradford Hockey Coach Interview (Part 1)

Craig Sigl2020-09-30T22:24:07+08:00

The purpose of this article is to discuss the importance of an athlete’s positive self image and to consider various ways for an athlete to portray a positive image. Whether an athlete is competing in an individual sport or a team sport, his/her image is an essential component of how he/she is perceived by others which may determine whether an opportunity to compete at the next level is offered or not. Aspiring elite-level athletes all across the world are presently training hard and dedicating themselves to reaching mastery skill levels. Although these athletes are most often intrinsically motivated, there is [...]

Brent Bradford Hockey Coach Interview (Part 1)Craig Sigl2020-09-30T22:24:07+08:00

How Sports Can Help Your Child Build Good Character

Craig Sigl2020-09-30T22:39:59+08:00

Does playing sports help kids develop self esteem and build good character? Today's guest post from Coach Mario Sousa, who has been coaching youth sports for over 19 years, shares what he believes builds self confidence and self esteem when kids play sports. I believe the way to build a child's self-esteem is by teaching them how to set goals, work hard, accomplish tasks, understand the body, and learn from failure. Introducing your child to sports is just one of the ways they can build these skills. Goal Setting: Playing sports gives the child an enormous pool of goals to choose [...]

How Sports Can Help Your Child Build Good CharacterCraig Sigl2020-09-30T22:39:59+08:00

How To Motivate A Teenager

Craig Sigl2016-01-14T17:46:11+08:00

This article you will learn how to How To Motivate A Teenager. What every parent wants for their child is to give them the tools to become mature adults, that “know-how” to make good decisions for themselves. So how can we help our kids learn how to make good decisions for themselves? When they leave the house at 18 years old… when we are nowhere around, and they are faced with a problem…we want them to have a bag of tools they can use to make a decision that is in their best interest. Self esteem and confidence are big issues [...]

How To Motivate A TeenagerCraig Sigl2016-01-14T17:46:11+08:00