Parent Segment
Parents: Help your child separate their performance from results.
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Key Takeaways
- Evaluate your goalie's performance on technical and mental execution, not just the final score.
- Winning and playing well are not the same thing — help your child understand the difference early.
- Parents who separate results from performance reduce outcome-based anxiety in young goalies.
- Use post-game conversations to focus on effort, decision-making, and specific saves rather than goals allowed.
- Stop It Goaltending U offers structured resources to support goalie development beyond win-loss records.
Episode Notes
This week in the Parent Segment, presented by Stop It Goaltending U the App, we talk about ways to help you and your young goalie separate performance from results.
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