In the world of sports, everyone wants to be the best. There is no room for mediocrity and countless hours are spent working to make even the slightest improvements. While there is no one right way to be at the top, there are several characteristics that show up again and again in the most successful coaches, athletes, and parents of athletes. This series will dive into each one of these – examining what aspects truly matter and how you can work to develop your own skills in these areas.

Parenting elite athletes is an incredibly challenging task. Time to make your best better by incorporating these three skills – loving the whole athlete; defining success beyond outcomes; model recovery, not perfection. Change the high-stakes pressure of elite sports into something manageable while supporting your amazing athlete.

Athletes, even those in individual sports, all need a supportive performance team to help them achieve their goals. Having a personal performance team ensures that all of the athletes' needs are met and is beneficial not just for professional athletes, but also youth and amateur athletes. If you have goals, make sure you have a personal performance team helping you achieve them. You want to have people that address the four main areas of being an athlete: body, skills, mind, and soul.

Parents do everything they can to help their athletes reach their goals. This is a letter from one sport psychologist to those parents providing four great tips to help support their athletes mentally and emotionally. Be the best sport psychology minded parents you can be!