Sports Grit Clinic

Is your child feeling pressure?

Frequently nervous?

Experiencing meltdown and burnout?

Considering quitting their sport or activity? 

Kids today face an increasingly complex set of challenges, but many have not yet been taught the mental tools of grit to meet these pressures and perform optimally.  This clinic, developed by a psychologist, a teacher and a coach, will teach your child those mental tools of grit.  Going one step further, unlike any other course, your child will actually practice those tools while playing games and engaging in activities to ultimately develop their own personal approach.

Your child will learn how to be more confident, to focus, work through anxiety, prepare to win, be a teammate, keep their cool and quickly recover from a setback or “failure."  

Join others that have taken the clinic and become a Gritter! 

Who is it for? 

Program is designed for kids that have experience in athletics through intramural or travel sports. There will be 3 separate groups: 

• 3rd-5th grade boys​

• 6th-8th grade boys

• 6th-8th grade girls

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Description and Goal: 

The program is designed to meet in a group setting with peers, while playing games and learning to master the mental skills of sports. Unique strategies will be customized based on your child's individual strengths and challenges. By the last session, your athlete will learn strategies to enhance: 

• Confidence

• Perseverance

• Determination

• Sportsmanship

• Calming strategies

• Dealing with "errors" and keeping their cool

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Through repetition and practice, the goal is to maximize your Athlete's potential that is not only transferable to their playing field, but also to their classroom, home and with peers. 

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What are typical session activities? 

• Group will engage in physical and mental exercises in a competitive environment, while learning how to attend to their body/mind cues that impact their performance.

• Leaders will help them identify negative thoughts and behaviors, replace with more successful strategies, while learning to be a member of a team.

• Group will recreate natural pressures of sports in order to learn how to push through discomfort and persist in the face of a challenge.

• Kids will practice being a good sport, teammate, and take in feedback from peers and coaches.

• Coaches will provide weekly homework for kids to practice independently without parent support to create daily routine and self-discipline.

• Each group member will take home a individualized Grit Guide at the last session of the program.

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