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Common sense, as well as multiple research studies, leads us to believe that the parental influence is a major factor in the development of a student athlete.

Yet, I have been in countless conversations where coaches claim that a parent is crazy and have done very little to change this.

The parental motives, education and experiences will massively impact the environment to which the junior athlete is exposed. They will also impact their initial temperament, behavior and, eventually, their personality. These factors are highly linked to performance.

Specific

While I do agree that goals should be specific, I would ask specific in what ways?

Quantifying specific outcomes can often lead to stress and decreases motivation, as the athlete is attempting to achieve something that is outside of their control. This often means good performances can be viewed as failures. An example of this would be setting a personal best in competition but a second-place finish.

Have you ever been bamboozled by how many hours your son or daughter can engage in playing Xbox or PlayStation? Have you ever been shocked at the drive and passion they express to beat a friend or get to the next level of a game?

There are many different ways that humans can learn a skill. At Team GLT Golf, we are very interested in the concept of constraint-led learning.

As coaches, all too often we engage in the following conversation:

Coach: “How did you play?”

Player: “Rubbish, but I don't get it, I hit it so well on the range.”

How To Challenge Your Memory for Lasting Learning

In 1996, Tiger Woods signed a very lucrative sponsorship deal with Nike. As he put pen to paper and wrote his signature, his body was enabled by what is known as a generalized motor pattern. Motor patterns allow the brain and body to connect and produce a coordinated set of movements involving both voluntary and reflex actions, like signing your name.

The early years of coaching golfers is know as phase one: