To create a championship mindset, players, coaches and parents must all embrace a positive mindset, said Bill Hoopes, a national championship coach and director of Florida Premier Girls Fastpitch.

"You have to have accountability on all ends," he said. "If the coach is not doing their job and they're struggling to relay positive information, positive skill development and positive coaching, then the kid's going to have a deficiency." If the player isn't committed to being a champion, there will be a deficiency. If parents are pressuring their kids, all this can create a "non-positive" mindset, he said.

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Happiness for sports kids is more about contentment and balance, rather than constant pleasure, according to Jerry Weichman, a licensed clinical psychologist who helps young athletes with mental health challenges affecting confidence, motivation and performance.

""Happiness is more of a chemical reaction from your brain that comes from good things that are happening. But good things don't continually happen," Weichman said. "So what I'm usually pushing with the expectation for the kids is contentment. There's some type of balance, an acknowledgment of the positives and the negatives."

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Too often, sports kids see their identity as being athletes, said Tiffany Yvonne, founder of Playmaker Solutions, where she helps young athletes build emotional intelligence and confidence.

When their identity is all about sports, they can quickly lose confidence if they make mistakes or lose games.