This post is going to be focused on the pressure young people go through when competing in sport. Ranging from Elite/Academy standard to Sunday league/Recreational level. As I go through this blog, I will look at the challenges they face and why they are such a problem.
Looking firstly at reasons why these pressures come about. There are a number of reasons;
- Firstly, parents can be a huge influence on their kids, providing a constant source of pressure as children obviously want to perform well in front of their parents to impress them; ‘Pressure on youth to excel year-round at a specific sport and parental misconduct at athletic events of- ten cause young athletes to experience height- ened anxiety and burnout because of the pressure to succeed they perceive when at- tempting to please their parents (Brustad. 1996).
- Coaches can also be a large problem when looking at youth sport…
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