{"id":676,"date":"2010-03-07T13:54:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-07T13:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports_psychology_blog\/?p=676"},"modified":"2025-07-30T06:01:29","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T10:01:29","slug":"helping-young-athletes-cope-with-mistakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/helping-young-athletes-cope-with-mistakes\/","title":{"rendered":"Helping Young Athletes Cope with Mistakes &#8211; Video"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Youth Sports Psychology expert Dr. Patrick Cohn of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kidssportspsychology.com\"><strong>Kids&#8217; Sports Psychology<\/strong><\/a>, explains how to help athletes who become frustrated during competition and one mental game strategy that can help kids have more fun. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0yBwmR2jeDE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Help young athletes cope better with high expectations \"><strong>Help young athletes cope better with high expectations <\/strong><\/a>so they can reap the many benefits of improved composed during competition. 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Sign up for a free report at:<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youthsportspsychology.com\/\">Youth Sports Psychology<\/a><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youthsportspsychology.com\/\"> <\/a>to improve kids confidence and success in sports.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-2fb5d8ce\">\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=\"How to Help Young Athletes Cope with Frustration - Part 3\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0yBwmR2jeDE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Video on Coping with Mistakes 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