Dr Chris Stankovich will help you understand both traditional and contemporary sport issues that kids commonly experience while competing in youth and interscholastic sports, allowing you to help your child have a safe, fun, and meaningful sport experience.  The Parent's Video Playbook is filled with easy-to-understand, professional advice based on Dr. Stankovich's research findings and practical applications working as a professor and researcher in the field of Sport Psychology/Athletic Counseling. 

The Parent's Video Playbook will help you:

• Understand why kids play - and stop playing - sports
• Lean the realities of earning college scholarships
• Decide between specializing or sampling sports
• Familiarize yourself with today's big sport issues, including sports burnout
• Help your child develop emotional intelligence and learn invaluable life skills while playing sports
• Teach your child how to develop self-confidence, minimize anxiety, and ultimately play at his or her highest level
• Communicate more effectively with the coach, especially about issues like playing time concerns
• Use sport psychology skills to enhance on-field sport proficiency
• Understand the athletic identity and impact on human development and growth
• Prepare and successfully respond to the inevitable sport retirement transition every athlete eventually experiences