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• In these times, sports may be on hold. This should not stop the development of your young athlete.
• Athletes are strong physically, mentally, emotionally, and socially. With this as your framework, you can continue to develop your athlete.
• Physically: keep them moving. It doesn’t have to be intense. Physical play can be the best thing for an athlete. Get them to play and be creative.
• Mentally & Emotionally: watch a good sports movie. Notice the player or team going through ups and downs to achieve their ultimate goal or success. After watching, discuss future goals with your kid. Goals can be on and off the field. Talk about obstacles they may come across on their journey to their goal. This will allow them to ready for obstacles and understand is part of their story.
• Socially: connect with others. All of the above can be done with others. How they connect may change depending on the situation. One time it may in-person, the next online.
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• Young athletes will go through every emotion imaginable. The goal is not to avoid the emotions, it’s to know how to work with them.
• I like to look at emotions as a form of energy. Help your kid learn to control it and they may be able to use it in their sports.
• Anger is a negative and very destructive emotion. Is this a bad thing? It depends on what is being destroyed.
• If anger is destroying your young athlete’s self-esteem, confidence, or happiness then anger is very bad. However, if it’s destroying laziness or excuses then anger can be a good thing.
• We don’t want our athletes to be in this negative emotion for long. Positive actions need to be taken and acknowledged. This will allow them to move out of the negative emotion and into a more positive emotion.
• Helping your child set goals and visualize the events that lead up to it can help deal with emotions. The events, or “story”, will have good times and bad times. When your athlete expects the bad times, it will be e
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• How does writing things down help you as a parent raising an athlete? Answer: Reminding you what your intentions are.
• We have a vision of what we want our kids to do in sports. We also have a vision of how we want to be as “sports parents”. Yet as the season goes on and emotions start to rise up, we may forget what kind of parent we want to (or need to) be.
• Write down or have a picture that reminds you of your goal as a parent raising an athlete.
• This means you will need to know your goals. How you want to develop your kid into a great athlete. Knowing how you will develop them physically, mentally, emotionally, and socially.
• An example; If you have a picture of your kid taking their first steps. It could remind you to be supportive and encouraging. That’s what you did for them to learn to walk. That’s what you want to do for them to learn to play a sport. The picture is just a reminder of how you want to perform in your kid’s life.

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• Your child may watch some amazing professional athletes on TV or in person and look up to them as role models. Which can be great. However, what they’re seeing is what is done on-stage. Which means they are missing 90% of what some of the greatest athletes do to perform at such a high level.
• Parents can be the best role model for a young athlete simply because they can show them what it takes to be great when off-stage. The daily grind or habits that allow for high performance.
• As parents, we need to be aware that we do have a lot of influence on developing an athlete. The more we can show our kids what it looks like, the more likely they’re going to do it. This can allow for better performance and longevity in sports.
• Habits don’t have to be tough. Some of the simplest habits can be the most powerful. For example, sleep. Not complicated and to get great sleep can help with recovery and energy to perform at a high level.

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Summary

• Parents have the best opportunity to raise happy, healthy, and high performing athletes.
• Your main role as a parent is to transform your kid into an athlete.
• Coaches' main role is to fine-tune your young athlete into the best player for the sport your kid has chosen.
• An athlete is made of four elements. They must have strength and control in all 4 elements; Physical, Mental, Emotional, and Social.
• As parents, you have the most influence on all four elements. You can spend more time than a coach or trainer can.
• A coach will be working on coaching the sport. Which will involve strength, conditioning, and skill work.
• You do not need to focus on what the coach is working on because you have plenty of other things to focus on
  • Physical: recovery
  • Mental: visualization and toughness
  • Emotional: control
  • Social: interactions with others
• Remember you have a great opportunity to develop your kid into an athlete. From there your young athlete can be coached to be a great
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• Participating in sports can be a creative outlet. However, sometimes we MUST be creative in order to build athletic abilities. We may not have a choice. Our sports might be put on hold or our training facilities are shut down.
• Creativity comes in handy in all sports. Yet, there is a saying “the way you do one thing is the way you do all things.” Therefore, we must be creative in more than our competition or training. We must be creative in all things.
• Creativity can provide possibilities when some of our options are taken away. Make it a habit to think outside the box, and we will never run out of options.
• It can start with language. Increase your athletic vocabulary. Learn more information about your sport and ways to condition your body. This gives us options to be creative.
• Be willing to change/adapt. It is hard to do creative things if we aren’t willing to change. It can be uncomfortable, unfamiliar, or scary.
• Be aware of your creativity. Look at all things and ask
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• During off-season or off-times, away from coaches, teammates and sports, you as a parent can keep your kid athletic.
• Parents have a major role in their kid’s development as an athlete. Yet, it’s important that you know what an athlete is. There are 4 main elements that make up an athlete.
• An athlete has strength and control physically, mentally, emotionally, and socially.
• Physically: keep your athlete moving. That doesn’t mean that they have to be lifting weights or performing some intense workout. Dancing or even skipping can be a great way to add movement.
• Mentally: help your athlete visualize making great plays or using perfect form. The body will respond to what the mind sees. It’s a great mental practice that should be done during the season as well.
• Emotionally: emotions are symptoms of how we perceive something. Teaching your athlete to perceive pressure or tough situation as a challenge, can affect the emotions they show. The other option is to perceive pressure
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