How To Encourage Practicing Hard While Keeping Sports Goals Realistic

By Dave Thomas
When you are the parent of a child-athlete, you have to find the perfect balance for both you and your young one. For example, putting too much pressure on your son or daughter (or both) is typically a recipe for disaster.
Unfortunately, too many parents try to vicariously live through their children when it comes athletics. In doing so, they turn the pressure up a notch or two on their young ones to succeed. For some kids, that pressure is too much to overcome.
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