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Host Kara Frair flips the script on youth sports training, bringing you endless ideas for developing positive mentality, teaching life skills and curating more effective training methods. Let's help our youth athletes by teaching more than skills!
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English
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58 episodes
since Dec. 14, 2020
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In this episode, we break down the difference between teaching mindset concepts and actually training them—something most coaches overlook. Many youth coaches define ideas like confidence, focus, resilience, and growth mindset…but stop short of showing athletes how to build these skills through rea…
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How do you build the mental toughness to lead—and to help athletes thrive—when the stakes are high? Toni Will, General Manager of a men’s professional hockey team and the first woman in her league to hold that role, joins Kara to share the mindset principles that determine success on and off the ic…
Parents, what you say after practice or a game can shape your young athlete’s mindset more than you think. In this short episode, Kara shares science-backed tips for parents of youth athletes on how to handle the car ride home and those crucial moments after practice.
Whether your child is a compet…
When you have athletes that seem overly emotional, angry or they just shut down, they're probably dysregulated.
In this episode, Kara talks about how the nervous system can perceive a negative situation as a threat- causing athletes to become combative or upset- and tools we can use to help our at…
What the heck is a mental block? Why does it happen? And what can we do to help- all questions answered in this week's episode.
Kara talks about why she doesn't call it a mental block anymore and reasons why your cheerleader or gymnast is dealing with it in the first place.
MST of the day: Challe…
In a coaches mind, inconsistency looks like lack of effort- no drive, no focus .But what if the issue goes deeper than that?
In this episode, Kara discusses how mindset is the root cause of inconsistency and gives you 3 tools to help combat it and build up mindset in young athletes.
MST of the d…
We all love working with the talented athletes. But if you're in it for the glory, you're in it for the wrong reasons.
In this episode Kara talks about why talent doesn't matter unless mindset training is a part of development. She gives 3 ways to start implementing this training today.
MST: Walk…
Ever wish you could shake an athlete by the shoulders and yell, “YOU HAVE THE SKILLS—JUST BE CONFIDENT!”? (Same.) But confidence isn’t something you can hand over in a box with a bow...it’s something that’s built. Layer by layer.
In this episode, we’re diving deep into the real formula for confiden…
Use these simplified mental strategy tools at your next practice or class! Hands-on activities catering to 1st graders that show the power of mindset.
Green vs. Red words
Flamingo Game
Neuroplasticity exercise
Mental Strategy Tidbit: Go Outside!
This week, Kara discusses how parents play the biggest role in coaching their young athletes. Your words matter. Your body language matters. Your actions matter. Take away 3 mindset tools that you can implement with your athlete TODAY- AND grab this FREE self-talk assessment quiz
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