Mental Toughness for Teen Athletes

A Parents Guide for Helping Teens Gain Confidence, Self-Esteem, and Well-Being on and Off the Field

By: LD Harris

Narrated by: KC Wayman

Unlock The Formula For Athlete Success

As a parent of a former elite-level student-athlete, LD Harris understands the mental and physical challenges teen athletes face. Utilizing her professional experiences as a teacher, personal trainer, and Division 1 Sports Performance and Nutrition Counselor paired with her personal experiences as a parent, LD Harris was compelled to create this unique guide for parents of teen athletes.

In this book, you will discover:

• A holistic approach to helping teen athletes improve their mental health.
• Tried, tested, and successful strategies for supporting your teen athlete.
• Methods of empowering your teen athletes to help themselves.
• How to set reasonable goals with your teen athlete.
• Effective coaching for your teen athlete.
• Communication techniques for one of the most difficult parenting times-the teen years!
• Warning signs your teen athlete may struggle with their mental and physical health.

Discover the strategies and techniques in a winning formula detailed in this book and more!

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©2023 LD Harris (P)2025 LD Harris

Parent Coach

Deciding to parent or coach a teen is important. In this guide to mental toughness and agility, the author addresses the difference in coaching a teen versus parenting a teen on the road to the mental agility that is required in athletics. The book is well written and laid out for the listener to clearly delineate the differences and grasp the consequences of the actions taken by each role.

Keep Striving For Excellence

This right here is a phenomenal resource to guide your young athlete toward a strong and resilient sporting lifestyle. My child is a very talented athlete and even though he's not a teen just yet, we listened to this book together and he realised that there is a lot more work he can do to set himself up even more. He's getting ready for a professional development pathway in his beloved sport and this book couldn't have come along at a better time. He has asked me if he can listen to this book again to make sure he didn't miss anything. We have actively worked on goal setting and building him up into a strong athlete as he matures. If you have a young athlete in your family, they NEED this book. Great resource for parents to become the best supportive mentor to their children.

Important Lessons for Teen Athletes

Being an athlete and having talent isn’t enough, it is so important to be confident, kind, and believe in yourself. Knowing your strengths and weaknesses, realizing you’re not invincible, and building sportsmanship are important qualities in an athlete. These life lessons will carry you long after you leave the playing field. Mindset is so important in people, especially youth, and is not often taught. This book gives valuable information any youth should know! If you have a young athlete, make sure they get a copy and learn these high-functioning life skills!

Gather the grit!

LD Harris delivers a self-help implant to young athletes' psyches that will be sure to enhance not only their, but pretty much every area of their lives.

The clear and concise narration from KC Wayman does a great job of getting straight to the point on a subject that should be made aware to all young people, not just athletes; MENTAL TOUGHNESS.

My favorite thing about this book is that it is up to date, with studies from 2023 (the depression statistics for 2023 anyone?!). I found this to be super helpful.

This multi-hour listen covers the foundations all the way to mindset mastery that will be sure to inspire even the most down on their luck athlete.

Mental resilience is something that can be trained, just like an athlete trains a muscle in the gym.

I think it’s super important for athletes to remember this and orient their lives and schedules with a little self-help mental work (not just time in the gym) and this book is a fantastic place to start.

Beyond the field

The best chapter in the audiobook was about finding the right balance between coaching and parenting. As a mom, I want my child to improve. However, unsolicited advice from me can be counter-intuitive from the coach's technical teachings. Thanks to this audiobook I have been learning to "zip the lip" and let things go. It's my job to encourage. This book also covers tons of other factors like eating & cognitive development. There are so many pieces of sage advice. I recommend to any parent of a teen athlete.