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Podcast: The Pure Athlete Podcast
Episode: Dr. Riley Nickols: Managing Anxiety, Perfectionism, and Building Healthy Mental Habits for Young Athletes
Description: If you are a parent or coach of young athletes, you need to learn all you can about the common mental health challenges and issues experienced by many young athletes. On this episode, Dr Riley Nickols, counselor, sports psychologist, author, and founder of Mind, Body, Endurance shares his expertise and experience gained by working with many elite, young athletes. Dr Nickols discusses the the topic of performance anxiety in youth sports, providing perspective on the difference between normal nervousness vs true anxiety that can become crippling for a young athlete. the discussion includes the signs that parents and coaches...