101 Ways to be a Terrific Sports Parent by Dr Joel Fish. Chapter Three: Performance – Practice doesn’t always make perfect. Parents often ask how to get their child to play at the top of their game. Some performance issues can be solved by making technical adjustments while others are rooted in emotion or fear. Fortunately, there are many proactive steps parents can take to help their young athletes play/swim to the best of their abilities. 27. Maintain realistic expectations about clutch performance. More and more, parents and coaches believe that in the heat of the competitive moment, a true athlete should be able to rise to the occasion and do whatever it takes to win, especially during the win or lose – or what is commonly called a “clutch” moment in sports. • Clutch performance is a lot to ask from any athlete, let alone a young swimmer. • Professional athletes who perform flawlessly, the ones who can always pull it out “in a clutch” are indeed grown professionals, but they are actually quite rare. • Parents need to remember that sports can be physically and emotionally demanding for kids. • Sports parents tend to focus on the physical and they forget, or simply don’t understand how much of sports is actually mental. • Children of parents who keep their performance expectations realistic are often better able to enjoy sports and not get burned out early from too much pressure. From the book 101 Ways to be a Terrific Sports Parent by Dr Joel Fish. Mg
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