I know this isnt hawkeye wrestling material, but have some questions or need some advice from fellow wrestlers, wrestling parents in regards to the emotional and mental side of wrestling.
As a wrestling coach of middle school kids and having a 9 year old boy in the sport. What are some good ways to help cope with kids after a tough loss? For ex. they just get so emotional and begin to talk down on themselves saying things like " I suck", " I quit", "I am no good" even though they have been wrestling so good and just have 1 bad loss on the day.
Right now after a tough loss and when the kids get emotional, I have been leaving them alone for about 5-10 mins to cool down and let them comeback to me when they are ready and then try to discuss what we did right and what we could have done better.
I have tried to explain to the kids that wrestling is a very tough sport and most likely we are not going to win every match. The kids wanna learn and get better, but I feel like I need to focus more on controlling their emotions better when times do get tough, but having a hard time figuring that out. Hence this post and looking for some more creative ideas to help with this mental barrier from fellow wrestlers and wrestling parents.
TYIA
As a wrestling coach of middle school kids and having a 9 year old boy in the sport. What are some good ways to help cope with kids after a tough loss? For ex. they just get so emotional and begin to talk down on themselves saying things like " I suck", " I quit", "I am no good" even though they have been wrestling so good and just have 1 bad loss on the day.
Right now after a tough loss and when the kids get emotional, I have been leaving them alone for about 5-10 mins to cool down and let them comeback to me when they are ready and then try to discuss what we did right and what we could have done better.
I have tried to explain to the kids that wrestling is a very tough sport and most likely we are not going to win every match. The kids wanna learn and get better, but I feel like I need to focus more on controlling their emotions better when times do get tough, but having a hard time figuring that out. Hence this post and looking for some more creative ideas to help with this mental barrier from fellow wrestlers and wrestling parents.
TYIA