Parents
Why You Want Your Kids To Lose
Some might argue that learning to lose is actually the point of youth sports. My daughter’s soccer team trudged slowly off the field, sweaty and exhausted. They had been outmatched [...]
Should My Kid Play Multiple Sports?
I ran into a good family friend this past weekend, and we began catching up on what’s been going on with each other over the past couple of years. She [...]
4 Ways Sports Parents Fail Their Youth Athletes
"The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. Children are now tyrants, not the [...]
How to Get Your Teen to Eat Better
Your teenager is so busy that eating meals take a back seat. In and out-grab and go is often the name of their game. This can lead to making poor [...]
10 Unforgettable Moments When Young Athletes Made Their Parents Cringe
All parents want to be helpful and support their kids who play sports. But sometimes our little athletes do things that make us shake our heads. STACK polled parents nationwide [...]
9 Habits You Need to be a Good Sports Parent
Parents have this idealistic perception that winning dictates everything. Therefore, it causes you to push your child harder or be hard on them. And this will lead to bad parenting [...]
One Phrase That Can Elevate Your Child’s Performance
Imagine if there was one magical phrase, that when repeated at different times throughout the day, could improve the odds that your child would be successful at everything. Researchers have [...]
How to Win Like a Champion
A 9-year-old girl, whom I had been coaching for two years in gymnastics, came to our athletics club for the first time last summer. She was wearing lumpy, heavy shoes [...]
8 Constructive Ways to Push Your Child in Youth Sports
Pushing your kids in sports can be good or bad. It all depends on how you do it. But let's first start by changing the language to encourage and inspire [...]
Wanted: More Moms On The Field
As a kid, Mary Matthews only played soccer for a few years. But when her daughter’s soccer team needed a coach, Matthews stepped up. “I just absolutely fell in love [...]
