Before the Games
Questions-Listen to your daughter’s answers
Why are you playing?
What is a successful season?
What are your Goals?
What is your role?
If responses are different - accept the athletes responses
Release your daughter to the game
Realize that all successes are theirs
Realize that all failures are theirs
All problems are theirs-Give them the chance solve them on their own
Model appropriate behavior
Only four people you can be during the game
Fan – Player – Official – Coach –PICK ONE
Focus on team and team goals
Takes attention off your kids
Remember things you can’t control - score, official, coach, etc.
Only one voice and that must be the Coach
After the Game
Time and Space------ Players
Do not want to talk about game
Do not want to talk about mistakes
Do not want to talk about teammates
Do not want to talk about coach
Athletes feel as if their value as a person was tied to playing time or winning or losing
Hamilton Heights Philosophy of Athletics
