Help Your Young Athlete Turn Game-Day Nerves Into Confidence
A FREE worksheet for sports parents who want to help their athletes feel more confident, supported, and ready to compete.
Does your child get nervous before a big game? Racing heart, butterflies, sweaty palms, or the fear of making mistakes?
Here's the good news: Nerves aren't necessarily the problem. It's how we interpret them.
Created by Dr. Linda Kim, Sports Psychiatrist, The Game Day Reframe is a free, practical worksheet that helps you understand your athlete's game-day nerves and gives you simple, supportive language to help them approach competition differently.
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What's Inside Your FREE Worksheet?
The Game Day Reframe gives you practical tools and simple strategies you can start using right away.
Understand the Science Behind Game-Day Nerves
Discover why nervousness isn't always a bad thing and how reframing those feelings can change the way athletes approach stressful situations.
Recognize Your Athlete's Physical Signals
Learn what racing hearts, faster breathing, butterflies, sweaty palms, and jittery feelings are doing for your athlete's body.
Discover What to Say Instead
Replace common phrases like "Just calm down" and "Don't be nervous" with more supportive language that helps your athlete reframe their feelings.
Teach Your Athlete the Notice, Name, Use Method
Give your athlete a simple three-step approach to recognize their feelings, reframe them, and channel their energy toward performance.
What If Game-Day Nerves Could Become Your Athlete's Superpower?
As a sports parent, you want your child to enjoy their sport, perform with confidence, and develop a healthy relationship with competition. But knowing what to say when they're nervous isn't always easy.
Should you tell them to calm down? Encourage them to focus? Remind them to have fun? Instead of trying to eliminate nervousness, learn how to help your athlete understand and use those feelings. That's exactly what this worksheet will help you do.
Be the Parent Who Helps Them Feel Ready, Not Pressured.
You don't need the perfect speech before every competition.
Sometimes, one supportive sentence can make a difference.
Help your athlete see nervousness differently, feel understood, and focus on what they can control.
Download your free Game Day Reframe worksheet today and start using it this weekend.
Created by Dr. Linda Kim
Sports Psychiatrist & Mom to D1 Athletes
Dr. Linda Kim brings together her professional background in sports psychiatry and her experience as a sports mom to help families better understand the relationship between mental health, medication, and athletic performance.
She created this resource to help parents and athletes have more informed conversations about ADHD medication and sports, so they can approach training and competition with greater awareness.
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