| Motivating athletes is one of the challenges of | | | | sport coaches can do is to help kids understand |
| sports parents and sport coaches. Observing | | | | that some athletes are more naturally gifted than |
| seemingly unmotivated athletes can be very | | | | others, but hard work is always necessary for |
| frustrating for adults, especially when dealing with | | | | success. Pointing out that it is not always the |
| athletes who show a real talent for a sport. To | | | | most gifted that succeed is important. This |
| my knowledge, there are no tried and true | | | | realization that hard work can overcome less |
| solutions to motivating these type athletes, but | | | | talent can help motivate kids. Some kids |
| there are many things that parents and coaches | | | | understand the connection of hard work and |
| can try. Adults should never give up trying to | | | | success early on in their careers, where others |
| motivate young players because one never | | | | have not. There are examples of many star |
| knows when athletes may become inspired. I do | | | | athletes who came to this realization, after not |
| know that parents and coaches, who remain | | | | being stars at a young age. Many future star |
| positive and optimistic about their kids futures, | | | | athletes became successful when they became |
| have the best chance of turning unmotivated | | | | motivated at a later age. Telling kids of these |
| players into motivated ones.⨠| | | | athletes can provide the inspiration to motivate |
| One of the first things that sports parents and | | | | youth athletes. |