Tip of the week for parents: Engourage your child without pressure

All sports parents want their children to succeed and play up to their potential. Parents get frustrated when they think kids do not perform up to their potential. As a sports parent, sometimes it is difficult to know how to encourage your kids to perform well. It's hard to know when you may be applying too much pressure.

Kids look to their parents for approval, and can never get enough praise. Praise increase kidsices should be: (1) Goal-driven, (2) focused, (3) varied, and (4) match the demands of competition.