Helping Young Athletes Kick Perfectionism

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Help Young Athletes Kick Perfectionism

Weโ€™ve identified perfectionism and fear of failure as the number one challenge for sports parents and their young athletes. Weโ€™ve created a new program to help sports parents and their young athletes kick perfectionism.

Our new program is called: โ€œSports Parentsโ€™ Top Dilemma: Helping Young Athletes Kick Perfectionism and Fear of Failure.โ€œ

โ€œSports Parentsโ€™ Top Dilemma: Helping Young Athletes Kick Perfectionism and Fear of Failureโ€ consists of:

  • A 23-page e-book that identifies the challenge, explains why it is harmful to young athletes (but also very common), and gives in-depth, step-by-step โ€œsports psychologyโ€ tips for helping kids.
  • A 21-page kidsโ€™ sports psychology workbook that is intended to help your kids identify beliefs and expectations that are the root of perfectionism. It will also help them develop strategies to play more freely with less fear in competition.
  • An audio interview with Dr. Patrick Cohn that explains why perfectionism and fear of failure are your Number One challengeโ€“and what you can do about them.
  • An important checklist explaining how you as sports parents should prepare your sports kids for games or competition-including how to deal with kidsโ€™ perfectionism, fear of failure and tendency to be so hard on themselves.
  • A previously recorded teleclass with Dr. Patrick Cohn and Lisa Cohn which they answered parents questions about how to help their kids overcome perfectionism and fear of failure.

Our Kick Perfectionism program is free for Kids Sports Psychology members. You can read more about our new program by visiting the link below.

Sports Parentsโ€™ Top Dilemma: Helping Young Athletes Kick Perfectionism and Fear of Failure


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Patrick Cohn
Mental Performance Coach Dr. Patrick Cohn has helped athletes for over 40 years enhance their performance. Dr. Cohn earned a master's degree in sports psychology from CSUF and a Ph.D. from the University of Virginia, specializing in Applied Sports Psychology. Today, he is the president and founder of Peak Performance Sports, LLC in Orlando, Florida. He's working with Olympic athletes, NFL, NHL, MLB, professional tennis players, and professional motocross racers and NASCAR racers. See Full Bio

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