(Re) Introducing Game Changing Lessons: Learning From Mistakes (Week 8)
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This week’s topic: Learning from Mistakes ⚽
The Science of Resilience
Remember Week 4 – Growth Mindset? This is where it gets real. Your child will make mistakes — miss penalties, lose matches, or get dropped. That’s not failure; that’s football.
📚 Research in the Journal of Sport Psychology shows that players who see mistakes as learning opportunities recover faster, perform better under pressure, and feel less anxiety than those who beat themselves up. The difference isn’t talent — it’s how quickly they bounce back.
What Parents Often Get Wrong
After a rough game, most parents either:
• Over-comfort (“It’s okay, you’re still brilliant!”), or
• Over-analyse (“You should’ve passed to Johnny in the 23rd minute”).
Neither helps. The winning move?
👉 Acknowledge the emotion, then refocus: “That was tough. What’s one thing you’d do differently next time?”
That tiny shift turns disaster into data. Growth mindset isn’t a poster on the wall — it’s a conversation after every setback. Your words shape how they handle pressure for life.
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Final thought: football builds resilience, but only if adults stop trying to fix every scraped knee of the ego.