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Play Hard, Be a Good Sport, Have Fun: Coaching Strategies to Keep Kids in Sports

By Nicole Martin
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Can youth sports be both competitive and fun? Absolutely, and they should be. When coaches practice behaviors that reflect FIT tenets, fun increases. In addition, athletes’ psychological needs are fulfilled, leading to longer, sustained participation throughout the childhood and adolescent years.

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Your Words, Your World: How Self-Talk Shapes Your Reality

By Karan Kataria
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“As you listen to the thought, you feel a conscious presence – your deeper self – behind or underneath the thought, as it were. The thought then loses its power over you and quickly subsides…

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