95 Youth Development in Sport - Performance Anxiety, Specialization, and the Journey

Purple Patch Podcast

Matt Dixon

Humanpotential, Nutrition, Education, Empower, Fitness, Executive, Coach, Strengthtraining, Purplepatch, Sleep, Cycling, Performance, Running, Recovery, Health & Fitness, Ironman, Swimming, Timemanagement, Triathlon, Meditation, Yoga

4.8 • 647 Ratings

🗓️ 4 December 2019

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, which is a sequel to our original Episode 47 on "Childhood Development in Sport," Matt explores three critical components of development in kids in sport:

Performance anxiety
Sport specialization
The journey through the teenage years, especially around puberty

The biggest improvements and performance gains are always going to emerge from overcoming and navigating adversity and challenge.

It's all a part of the childhood journey and, as parents and coaches, it's our role to not only set up kids for their best performances, but also develop their longterm love of being active, and provide them opportunity to utilize the lessons that sport provides and apply them to all other areas of their life.

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0:00.0	I'm Matt Dixon and welcome to the Purple Patch podcast. The mission of Purple Patch is to empower and
0:05.8	educate every human being to reach their athletic potential. Through the lens of athletic potential,
0:11.5	you reach your human potential. The purpose of this podcast is to help time-starved people everywhere
0:17.2	integrate sport into life. And welcome to the Purple Patch podcast.
0:22.9	This is as ever your host, Matt Dixon.
0:25.8	And today, kids, children in sport, the sequel.
0:32.3	Let me tell you a secret when it comes to the development of children in sport. And this is right up front,
0:40.4	probably the most important thing I'm going to say. The biggest improvements and performance gains
0:47.0	are nearly always going to emerge from overcoming, navigating adversity and challenge.
0:55.2	The big improvements are seldom going to come or emerge from doing all that we can to clear a path
1:03.4	for the kids, set them up in the most positive environment that should allow natural talent
1:09.5	to emerge. Take stock a minute parents.
1:14.1	Next time you seek that one-to-one specialist personal training for your little child prodigy,
1:20.7	or when you pull your six-year-old from the local team and put them into some elite squad
1:25.7	that promises fame and fortune, you might have the very
1:29.1	best intentions, but ironically, you might be hurting their long term, both love and chance for
1:36.8	personal development. Today, we're going to explore three components of development of kids in
1:42.7	sport. First, performance anxiety, especially for the very youngest kids, venturing into the big, bad
1:49.4	world of sport.
1:51.0	Second, specialisation.
1:53.5	We tell a story about a mini Ronaldo, the seven-year-old soccer star.
1:57.7	Should he be driven towards specialisation to ensure success? And finally, the journey.
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