{"id":3897,"date":"2011-05-04T12:11:20","date_gmt":"2011-05-04T18:11:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.nsr-inc.com\/\/?p=3897"},"modified":"2011-05-04T12:11:20","modified_gmt":"2011-05-04T18:11:20","slug":"college-prospects-should-seek-help-recovering-from-failures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/college-prospects-should-seek-help-recovering-from-failures\/","title":{"rendered":"College Prospects Should Seek Help Recovering from Failures"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Learning How to Cope with Disappointment is a Must for College Bound Athletes<\/strong><\/div>\n
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Athletes at every level experience failure.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n

A missed shot.\u00a0 A mental error.\u00a0 A lapse in judgment.\u00a0 These are all common mishaps for athletes during competition.\u00a0 It happens to every athlete at every stage of competition, but\u00a0recovery can be a very difficult process, especially for young athletes.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Every\u00a0athlete has limitations and no one escapes making blunders or falling short of perfection.\u00a0\u00a0Hall of Fame baseball hitters\u00a0are only successful about 30 percent of the time which means they\u00a0fail\u00a0to hit safely in seven out\u00a0of\u00a010 trips to home plate.\u00a0 The world’s best basketball scorers miss nearly half of their field goal attempts.\u00a0\u00a0Only a few golfers in the world consistently match, or play under, par.\u00a0 Volleyball athletes with 40% kill ratios are considered otherworldly.\u00a0 Hockey and lacrosse players make attempt after attempt on goal before scoring.\u00a0 Yet, and here’s the key, when the contest\u00a0is on the line, top athletes still expect to\u00a0succeed every time.\u00a0 It’s in their DNA, that is,\u00a0to see themselves as the ones to pull off the unbelievable.\u00a0 They want the pressure and challenge.\u00a0 They thrive on\u00a0playing at their highest level under what would be\u00a0the most\u00a0extreme, nerve racking moments for most anyone else.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

It’s an unfair expectation to be sure,\u00a0 but it’s who they are deep inside.\u00a0 The competitive spirit in athletes and the level of self-confidence they must instinctually possess dictates that they believe in their souls that they are capable of doing something under dire circumstances which others are incapable of achieving.\u00a0 So, when the glaring mistake happens, or they fail to come through in the clutch, how can an athlete regroup?\u00a0\u00a0How can he\u00a0or she regain equilibrium and their special brand of confidence?\u00a0<\/p>\n

It’s all in the athlete’s perspective.\u00a0 No one, athlete or\u00a0otherwise, should\u00a0put that\u00a0kind of undue\u00a0pressure on themselves, but if it is an innate\u00a0 part of their being, they must\u00a0be able keep sports in perspective\u00a0 and to\u00a0grab hold of and embrace the\u00a0honor of being put in that position in the first place.\u00a0\u00a0Yes, making the\u00a0unbelievable catch would be fabulous; hitting the baseline winner in a tie breaker would be exhilarating;\u00a0saving\u00a0a game winning shot on goal would each be\u00a0a dream come true, but failure for young athletes is more common than coming through when it counts most.\u00a0 To that, they must be coached and counseled\u00a0through the failures as well.\u00a0 Knowing that it is okay to fail may be the\u00a0best encouragement any high school athlete can hear from a coach or parent.\u00a0\u00a0Moreover, knowing\u00a0that everything in life does not rest on that moment can help an athlete deal with disappointing outcomes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Learning How to Cope with Disappointment is a Must for College Bound Athletes Athletes at every level experience failure. A missed shot.\u00a0 A mental error.\u00a0 A lapse in judgment.\u00a0 These are all common mishaps for athletes during competition.\u00a0 It happens to every athlete at every stage of competition, but\u00a0recovery can be a very difficult process, … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3897"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3897"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3897\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}