Discover Your Sports Parenting Style

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Never has sports parenting been as important as it is today. In today’s extremely competitive sports environment, effective parenting methods can help your kid thrive.

Take a minute to get clear on your sports parenting style and how it affects your athlete’s confidence and performance.

Pick ONE RESPONSE in each of the scenarios below that closely resembles your FIRST INSTINCTS as a sports parent.

Scenario #1

When my kid struggles with a particular part of their game, I tend to: *

Get them a new coach

Know what to do and coach them myself

Leave it to their coach to help them

Ask them why they are struggling and how I can support them

Scenario #2

Right before my kid’s game starts, I tend to: *

Check to make sure they have all their equipment

Review game strategy with them

Just take my kid to the game and say “Good Luck” or “Have Fun”

Say “Good Luck” and give them a couple of success cues like “Kick Hard” or “Run Fast”

Scenario #3

While watching my kid’s game, I tend to: *

Tell the coaches or refs when they make bad calls

Get upset when my kid doesn’t play well

Watch and cheer from the stands

Watch, cheer, and yell out success cues like “Go” or “Strong”

Scenario #4

When my kid loses, I tend to: *

Point out what the coaches and/or refs did wrong

Explain to my kid why they lost

Say “It’s ok. You can’t win them all.”

Say “I love how hard you played” and point out something they did well

Scenario #5

If my kid threatens to quit playing their sport during the season, I would: *

Ask them what the problem is and then take action to solve it for them

Deny their request (if they weren't hurt) and stick with the game plan

Agree that maybe they should quit if they don’t want to play

Try to understand why they want to quit and help them reframe the problem

Scenario #6

When my kid performs poorly in a game, I tend to: *

Think the coach or another player was the cause

Tell my kid they're not trying hard enough

Say “It’s just a game. Just have fun.”

Say “I love how hard you played” and point out something they did well

Scenario #7

When my kid wins, I tend to: *

Congratulate them and start planning how to get them to the next level

Congratulate them and tell them what they can do better next time

Congratulate them; but I don’t put any expectations on them

Congratulate them and tell them how proud I am of their efforts

Scenario #8

If my kid got an ankle sprain, I would: *

Take them to urgent care and make sure wasn't serious

Encourage them to keep playing so they don’t lose their spot on the team

Be okay with them not practicing or playing until it is healed

Tell them how to take care of it and encourage them to do other activities to stay in shape

Scenario #9

If my kid didn’t make the team, I would: *

Plead my kid’s case to the coach as to why they should be on the team

Be upset

Be okay with it and find another team or activity for them to do

Ask the coach what my kid needs to work on

Scenario #10

If I feel my kid is being treated unfairly, I would: *

Report what the coach is doing

Go to the coach and ask them to do what I think is fair

Let my kid figure out how to deal with it

Tell my kid to focus on what they can control

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