THE MENTAL GAME Sports Podcast
Larissa created, "The Mental Game Academy" in sports podcast is to help support athletes and bring awareness to interpersonal skills much needed in sports today. It takes a village to develop young athletes, parents, coaches and trainers even refs and how are act around them and demonstrates emotions plays a key role in their social development and over all athletic success. We are interviewing athletes, professional and amateur, coaches, refs and parents that all want to see changes in sports to help our athletes to prevent mental health issues before they happen. Ultimately, athletes need emotional intelligence and resilience to further their career and time spent learning these skills will help them more in their athletic journey's.
THE MENTAL GAME Sports Podcast
Are Participation Ribbons Still Motivational?
Jens and I discuss a hot topic. Yes, ribbons can help many kids stay in sports but for how long?
When kids are told just show up, you don't have to listen, you don't have to try, you don't have to learn anything, what is this teaching our kids?
What are ribbons really doing for their motivation?
I can remember being conflicted myself by them. So, if I don't try I get one and a trophy but I want to win. So do the kids that want to stay in the sport motivate them?
What about the kids who are intrinsically motivated.?
We discuss where this goes... and when we have guests on we ask them about the ribbons...... you should hear their attempts at diplomatic answers.
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