The Sonya Looney Show

Have you ever thought about sports psychology and how to communicate with your kids as a parent and/or youth coach?  First of all, most youth coaches are volunteers.  It's so great that many people generously spend their time developing children as athletes and in team environments.  However, as a listener of this show, you know I'm passionate about the impact of the words we use- the things we say to ourselves and to others. As a new mom, I'm really interested in learning how to communicate with kids!  Mental toughness doesn't only apply to adults and we begin a lot of our patterns as children in sport. Enter our guest, Jennifer Etnier, PhD.  She is the author of 2 books relating to sports psychology and how to interact with kids in sport, especially as a coach. They are titled Bring Your ‘A’ Game and Coaching for the Love of the Game Her helpful books offer constructs of the best ways to give praise, her opinion of discipline, how to keep girls playing sports longer, and helping children