Ep 16 - Unstoppable x Healing Chats: Understanding Performance Anxiety in Young Athletes

About this episode

This episode explores performance anxiety in young athletes and discusses its impact on confidence and coping strategies.

Send us Fan Mail Ever felt your stomach hurts before a competition? You’re definitely not alone🫂 In this episode of HealingChats Podcast, I am so honoured to invite Ziyan, a rising star of the Hong Kong's sailing team to unpack performance anxiety in young athletes🥺 - why it happens, how it cripples confidence, and the coping methods when experienced with performance anxiety💭 As a "competitive" table tennis player, I still battle those pre-match moments where my brain won’t stop whispering ...

People in this episode

Host: Ziyan Huang

Guest: Ziyan

Topics covered

• performance anxiety
• young athletes
• confidence
• coping methods
• sports psychology

Keywords

• performance anxiety
• young athletes
• sports
• confidence
• coping methods
• table tennis

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Hong Kong's sailing team

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