49: How to Help Your Athlete Bounce Back From a Bad Day

49: How to Help Your Athlete Bounce Back From a Bad Day

July 16, 2026 · 37 min · Episode 49

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Susan shares a powerful tool for parents to help athletes process tough days and avoid negative thinking.

What's the first thing you should say when your daughter comes home from a camp, tryout, or tournament totally deflated? In this episode, Susan shares a simple but powerful tool she learned in her life coaching certification called the Ratings Game. It's a set of scaled questions parents and coaches can use to help an athlete process a tough day without spiraling into "I'm not good enough" thinking. Susan walks through exactly how the tool works, from asking your daughter to rate her performa...

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