{"id":9020,"date":"2011-11-21T06:02:40","date_gmt":"2011-11-21T14:02:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/?p=9020"},"modified":"2016-08-14T18:41:25","modified_gmt":"2016-08-15T02:41:25","slug":"sports-psychology-and-coaching-lessons-from-a-youth-sports-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/sports-psychology-and-coaching-lessons-from-a-youth-sports-coach\/","title":{"rendered":"Sports Psychology and Coaching: Lessons From a Youth Sports Coach"},"content":{"rendered":"

Working with athletes to improve their game requires the best sports psychology and\u00a0<\/strong>coaching<\/strong><\/a> skills you have. It also requires lessons from a youth sports coach.<\/p>\n

You\u2019ve seen the youth coach – the dad who lugs around the bag of equipment to every
\npractice. Yes, those dads, the ones without fancy certifications, extensive knowledge, or\u00a0years of training. They are not sports psychologists and coaching experts, but they have a\u00a0few lessons to teach you.<\/p>\n

These coaches are mere volunteers, but they have often gained experience coaching at\u00a0the hardest levels. Sports psychology and coaching<\/span> experts would be wise to learn from\u00a0the lowly youth coach. Ever coach a group of eight-year old girls? Or twelve-year old\u00a0boys? If you have, you wouldn\u2019t be dismissing the ability of these coaches.<\/p>\n

You would\u00a0be placing them on a pedestal and admiring them for their patience, perseverance, and\u00a0prowess.<\/p>\n

What Can Youth Sports Coaches Teach Sports Psychology and Coaching Experts?<\/strong><\/p>\n

* Respect<\/p>\n

* Discipline<\/p>\n

* Fun<\/p>\n

The 3 Lessons You Can Learn From a Youth Sports Coach<\/strong><\/h3>\n

When you coach a bunch of kids, it\u2019s all about respect. As a coach, you have to respect
\nthe kids, many of whom are not in any way, shape, or form, athletes. But, they show up
\nat practice every time, they work hard, and they try to listen to your every word. That
\ndemands respect. You must also get them to respect you. There is no set of instructions
\nthat a coach can follow to get adolescent kids to respect you, but the first step is to give
\nthem respect.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s your first lesson from a youth sports coach – everyone needs to be treated with
\nrespect, from the nine-year old Little Leaguer who put his pants on backwards (yes – I
\ncoached that kid) to the elite athlete. Give respect to get it!<\/p>\n

When you coach a team of 10-year old boys, you cannot expect to discipline by yelling
\nobscenities at them and making them run wind sprints until they faint, as if you were
\ncoaching an NFL team. You must instill discipline through various methods learned
\nthrough trial and error. What you learn as a youth coach is that each kid responds
\ndifferently to your disciplinary measures.<\/p>\n

This is a lesson you can put to use in your sports psychology and coaching<\/strong> practice.
\nTreat your clients as individuals and instill discipline through creativity, inspiration, and motivation. \u00a0And, unlike with the kids, an occasional four letter word is allowed!<\/p>\n

If you can stand the little girl crying in her mom\u2019s arms because she doesn\u2019t want to play
\nsoccer, the boy who constantly wants to fight his teammates, or the parent who wants to
\nknow why little Johnny doesn\u2019t play shortstop more often, coaching young athletes is
\nfun. And it should definitely be fun for the kids.<\/p>\n

Practice for a team of eight-year old girls has to be fun or no one is coming back to play
\nnext year. In your sports psychology and coaching<\/span> practice, fun will keep your clients
\ncoming back for more. Of course, elite athletes are looking for training, discipline,
\nexpertise, and some psychology to help them achieve, but fun is still a motivating factor.
\nPlay an enjoyable game, design a creative role play scenario, crack a few jokes; whatever
\ngets your clients motivated, laughing, and referring you to others.<\/p>\n

Your final lesson from a youth sports coach – mix in a little humor with your expertise
\nand knowledge. By learning lessons from someone who has coached every type of kid,
\nsports psychology and coaching<\/strong> experts can use this newly acquired knowledge to help
\ntheir elite athletes achieve their dreams.<\/p>\n

Hope you took some great value out of this post today! I\u2019d love to hear your feedback, so make sure you leave a comment with your thoughts or questions. And also, you can click on the Twitter button below to retweet this article\u2026 Thank you<\/a><\/strong>!<\/em><\/div>\n

Fred Philips<\/strong><\/a>
\nBusiness Coach
\nWriting Team, Coaches Training Blog Community<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Working with athletes to improve their game requires the best sports psychology and\u00a0coaching skills you have. It also requires lessons from a youth sports coach. You\u2019ve seen the youth coach – the dad who lugs around the bag of equipment to every practice. Yes, those dads, the ones without fancy certifications, extensive knowledge, or\u00a0years of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[284,412],"tags":[1165,453],"class_list":["post-9020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-psychological-coaching","category-sports-psychology-and-coaching","tag-psychological-coaching","tag-sports-psycology-and-coaching","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9020","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9020"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9020\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18906,"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9020\/revisions\/18906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}