In this episode, I explain how the reluctance to have honest conversations with young athletes is a major blockage to their development.
Sometimes we are fearful that we will affect their confidence and damage their self-esteem so we can offer false praise in an effort to avoid damaging them. However, while this might feel like it is the right thing to do in the short term it can have a significant downstream impact that is challenging to overcome.
Enjoy...
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In this week's post I explore the concept of 'comfort' and argue that young people being too comfortable in high quality facilities can actually work against the development of talent. As parents, coaches or talent developers we often want to make things better for the youngsters in our care and the instinct is to make things easier for them.
The hard and somewhat counterintuitive truth is that this may well be the exact opposite of what we should do if we want them to thrive and progress.
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