| Talk with 10 sport psychologists and you will get 10 different lists of the emotional characteristics of exceptional athletes. If your child only plays a sport during structured practices or games, he or she is probably not driven, although that doesn’t mean that drive won’t develop at an older age. John Heil, a Roanoke, Virginia, sport psychologist, warns that great athletes who have such a passion for the sport run the risk of having it define who they are. |
