Parenting Through Mental Blocks: How to Get Your Happy Athlete Back

Is your young athlete struggling with fear in their sport? Do you believe in them more than they believe in themselves? Are they falling short of their potential because they get stuck in their head?Mental blocks are destroying sport careers and relationships every day. This phenomenon hits the hardest in talented kids. Athletes, who can execute flawless skills, jolt to a stop and everything changes.Parents who care the most make the biggest mistakes when this happens. The solution is not intuitive when you have an adolescent on the verge of losing everything you’ve all sacrificed so much for.In this groundbreaking book, Rebecca Smith, M.A.—A sought after Mental Performance Coach, former fearful gymnast, gymnastics coach, and mom—demystifies the process of guiding your athlete through a mental block, without being too controlling or too involved.Whether your child’s big dream is to do a skill without fear, or the Olympics, Parenting the Fearful Athlete will work for you. It’s the instruction manual to raising a happy, healthy, successful athlete. Read more