Parents
How to Teach Your Athletes To Lose Gracefully
Every tennis player who walks out onto Wimbledon’s Centre Court reads these two lines engraved about the door from Rudyard Kipling’s poem, “If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster" [...]
What Parents Need to Know About Their Kid’s Strength Training Program
A Parent's Guide to Strength & Conditioning What Parents Need to Know About Their Kids Strength Training Program Want to give your child an edge over...
7 Tips for a Positive Parent-Coach Relationship
One of the biggest challenges in sports at the entry-level, high school level, or even the professionals is the relationship that coaches have with parents. Believe it or not, coaches [...]
Legendary Basketball Coach Muffet McGraw: Parents Today Don’t Want to Give Their Child a Chance to Fail
Muffet McGraw is basketball royalty. Since taking over as head coach for Notre Dame’s women’s basketball in 1987, she’s led the program to 8 Final Four appearances and two National [...]
How to Deal With an Overbearing Sports Parent
Most young athletes are fortunate to have parents who exercise patience and regularly offer praise and positive reinforcement. Others are not so lucky. Some parents yell and constantly complain about [...]
Why Coaching From the Sidelines Will Always Backfire for Sports Parents
As a long-time club soccer coach, I've noticed a troubling trend emerging in the sport. As scores of parents position themselves on the touchline of a weekend game, many of [...]
Is Your Child Playing The Wrong Sport?
Like so many other kids, my youngest started in soccer. Despite her early and apparent aversion to physical contact, she kept playing. She was skilled and fast and seemed to [...]
Didn’t Make the Team? 5 Tips to Help Your Child Cope
Sports tryouts can cause kids to be nervous or not perform their best. If your child doesn't make the team or is not chosen to play the first string, they [...]
4 Things Every Sports Parent Should Do After a Game
Parenting an athlete. Sounds fun and simple, right? Just get them to practice on time, eat well, sleep enough, and cheer them on from the stands....
Help Your Child Find the Right Sport for Them
Participating in sports is one of the most valuable learning experiences that a child can have, especially as they grow into their teenage years and build friendships. Unfortunately, many teens [...]
