Youth athletes can learn from success and failure. However, if they win too much or lose too much, they will miss the opportunity to learn. In other words, competition that is too easy or too hard is a waste of time. Youth athletes can only get to their optimal level of performance when they compete […]
One of the most overused clichés to tell young athletes after they lose is that there’s no such thing as losing, only learning. Unfortunately, this statement doesn’t apply to all athletes. For some athletes a loss is just a loss because they don’t learn anything from it. However, there is a reason for this that makes […]
Just because an athlete goes to practice the day after they lose, doesn’t mean they will get help learning from that loss. Learning from losing is a process that requires specific steps, steps that are not part of the normal practice process. Furthermore, assuming that practice makes perfect is a bad assumption. Practice does NOT […]