{"id":6267,"date":"2016-07-25T19:30:41","date_gmt":"2016-07-25T19:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/?p=6267"},"modified":"2025-07-29T06:50:36","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T10:50:36","slug":"concentration-tips-for-young-athletes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/concentration-tips-for-young-athletes\/","title":{"rendered":"Concentration Tips For Young Athletes &#8211; Video"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Parents_Help_Young_Athletes_Improve_Focus_Video\"><\/span>Parents: Help Young Athletes Improve Focus Video<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2><div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 ez-toc-wrap-center counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Article Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #0769bf;color:#0769bf\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #0769bf;color:#0769bf\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/concentration-tips-for-young-athletes\/#Parents_Help_Young_Athletes_Improve_Focus_Video\" >Parents: Help Young Athletes Improve Focus Video<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/concentration-tips-for-young-athletes\/#Related_Sports_Psychology_Articles\" >Related Sports Psychology Articles<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/concentration-tips-for-young-athletes\/#Sports_Psychology_Coaching_for_Athletes\" >Sports Psychology Coaching for Athletes<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/concentration-tips-for-young-athletes\/#Or_Call_888-742-7225\" >Or Call: 888-742-7225<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<p>In the new video series &#8220;Sports Parents Success Tips,&#8221; Dr. Patrick Cohn answers your youth sports psychology and mental training questions that deal with sports parents and the mental game challenges their sports kids have. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s the question Dr. Patrick Cohn answers this week in <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3O3vTHEValk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sports Parents Success Video 8: Sports Concentration Tips For Young Athletes<\/a>:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Do your athletes focus too much on the outcome, score and statistics when they compete?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Watch the video below to see what tips Dr. Cohn gives to sports parents to help their young athletes focus on the process.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-d1e48e70\">\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sports Parents Success Video 8: Sports Concentration Tips For Young Athletes\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3O3vTHEValk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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