5 Strategies For Parents To Support Children With Sports Performance Anxiety

Plublsihed Jan 18, 2025

Patrick Franck is an educator with 25 years of experience and a current mental health counselor specializing in CBT, ACT, grief counseling, family therapy, and treatment for anxiety and depression.

This blog post explores the negative impact of excessive pressure on young athletes, drawing parallels to Dan Ariely's study on reward incentives. It highlights how "choking under pressure" can arise from fear of failure and loss aversion.