Backing kids in sport, with mindset coach Dave Mackay

Dave Mackay is the founder of Sideline Advisor, a counselling and mentoring service for young athletes.

In this episode he chats with Dayna and Jenny about how parents can help kids to thrive in, and enjoy sports, navigate performance-related anxiety and achieve long-term success in their chosen sports. Dave shares why effort matters more than outcomes, why he doesn’t believe in ‘player of the day’ - and why parents should ‘let the coach be the coach’.

He also tackles some of your burning questions like: 

• What happens when kids are pushed too hard in sports?  
• How can you create memories around sports that go beyond the loss or win? 
• What should you do – and not do – on the sideline? 
• What are the traits of young people who succeed in sports in the long term? 
• What are some myths about high performance sport? 

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