Teaching Sports Kids Emotional Intelligence

Mark Greenburg, youth sports coach and former physical education teacher, says that emotional intelligence is one of the most important gifts sports parents can give their kids.

In a recent interview with Ultimate Sports Parent Radio, Greenburg, the author of “Elevated Leadership, a Pitch-by-Pitch Guide to Business, Life, and Baseball” said, “The biggest mistake parents make: They think of everything as game 7 of the World Series.”

They complain that their child didn’t get enough playing time, or went 0 for 3 and say the coach didn’t develop their child well, he added.