Short course
The part a parent plays
A short course for parents of children who perform regularly under pressure — how performance actually works, what your role in it is, and what the options are as they get more serious.
US$45 — one payment, about an hour of material.
What it covers
Three units
The course runs in the order a parent meets the problem: what is happening, what you can do about it, and what comes next.
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What makes your child perform
The basics of how mental performance works — enough to recognise what you are watching, without it turning you into their coach.
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Your role as a parent
Four things that are yours rather than theirs — check in, arrange, let them play, mentor. The CALM approach: facilitation, not instruction.
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Your child’s options
What is available as they get more serious, and how to tell which kind of support fits where they actually are.
The method
Four steps, and they are all yours
The middle unit in full — the CALM approach. Each one is something a parent does without being coached through it.
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C — Check in
Understand where they actually are before responding to where you think they are.
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A — Arrange
Set up the conditions, rather than managing the performance itself.
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L — Let them play
Protect the space where performance is intrinsically motivated.
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M — Mentor
Guide rather than direct — the shift that keeps you useful as they get better.
What you get
An hour, and what you keep afterwards
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About an hour
Three units and bonus materials, video-driven and self-paced. Take it in one sitting or in pieces.
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No background assumed
Written for parents rather than for coaches or psychologists. Nothing in it expects you to have trained anybody before.
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Two audio guides for you
Short guided audio for the parent rather than the child — one to settle yourself before their event, and one to prepare for the conversation about it afterwards.
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Material you keep
The written material stays with you after the course, so the four steps are to hand when you need them rather than only while you are watching.
The course does not replace coaching and it is not therapy. It is the part of your child’s performance that is already yours, done deliberately.
Parent voices
From parents who took it
I wish I had found this course sooner. Beyond being highly convincing, it is even more useful in practice. It has helped me stay calm and thrive alongside my daughter.
For tennis families, this course is a necessity. It gives parents the mental tools to stay composed on the court and supportive off of it.
I believe the course material is informative and concise and will help parents make a major positive contribution to their children’s development.
Questions parents ask
› Is the course for me or for my child?
For you. It is built around what a parent does — the four steps are yours, and none of them requires your child to take part or even to know you are doing them. The training for the young performer themselves is the app and the coached pathways.
› Does it include the app or an assessment?
No. The short courses are video-driven and self-paced, and nothing in them measures where anyone stands or decides what they train. The 2Mynds app, and the assessment inside it, are separate.
› Is this only for sport?
No. Most of the children our juniors work with compete in sport, but performing under pressure is the same problem in music, dance, theatre and the exam hall. The four steps do not change with the activity.
› How long do I have access, and can I get a refund?
Access is unlimited — the course does not expire, and the written material stays with you. Once you have started the course there are no refunds.
› Is there a course for coaches too?
Yes, and it is a different course rather than the same one relabelled. The coaches course is about integrating mental fitness into training you run; this one is about the part a parent plays, which is not coaching.
Coaching rather than parenting? See the short course for coaches. For the training itself, see mental performance for junior performers.