The car ride home after the game is one of your biggest opportunities to build your daughter's confidence. Unfortunately, many parents turn this into one of the most dreaded parts of an athlete’s playing experience. 

Don’t be one of them!

Moms, you have a significant impact on your daughters' self-esteem. And I don't want you to consider it a burden. Remember that you shape her confidence by influencing her environment and offering chances for her. So simply altering and adjusting how you show up and say things has an effect on her confidence.

Radiate confidence by the atmosphere you create and the chances you offer her.

Build Her Confidence From Within

What we can do is turn that lens inward. If they ask you how they do. Ask them how they feel, their goals for that game, and whether they’ve achieved those goals. 

They should learn to look to themselves for their confidence, and not from the outside.

You have to provide her the opportunities to cultivate her own confidence, to work on her mental gain. Surround her with support and with opportunities for her to cultivate her own confidence and help her on her journey. And that's where the elite competitor program helps. 

Keep in mind that you shape her confidence by influencing her environment and providing opportunities for her. Simply changing and tweaking how you seem and say things has an influence on her confidence. In order to help her shape good self-esteem and confidence, remember to;

• Just let her lead. She's gonna lead you where she needs to be and you just need to be their support. 
• Be her space. Be her person. Be that comfort whether she won or lost.
• Build her confidence from within. Let her know she can come to you and you're not going to be judgmental. You're not gonna be criticizing.

Ask her what she needs. And let her know that what she feels is valid. Let her do her thing. If she wants to talk about it, let her know you're there to listen. And let her rest. 

Let that car ride home be the ride they always wanted to take win or lose.

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