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How Sports Parents Ruin The Car Ride Home
Great sports parents have great timing. There are good times to talk with your son or daughter about the game or practice, and then there are bad times....
How to Deal with a Difficult Coach
At some point in every athlete’s career, there comes a time when a coach makes you question your love for your sport. A coach that screams, is hypercritical, or is [...]
How Much Exercise Today’s Youth Needs to ‘Offset’ a Day of Sitting
Think about it. You sit for about six hours a day at school. And when you go home, you head straight to the couch to watch TV, play video games, [...]
How Parents Can be Prepared for this Flu Season
Your nose is an antimicrobial fighting filtering machine. And its special secret weapon is mucus. Mucus traps and prevents bacteria and antigens from entering your lungs and body that cause [...]
Strength and Conditioning for Your Pre-Schooler
You may have clicked on this article out of curiosity. Strength and conditioning for pre-schoolers? Really? That sounds dangerous and inappropriate for kids. I'm a personal trainer by trade. Most [...]
A Parent’s Guide to Developing Active, Healthy Kids
Every parent wants their child to be healthy. It is their chief concern at the moment of birth. Parents will always want their children to develop into healthy, strong, and [...]
5 Productive Strategies Parents Can Use to Develop Their Child’s Athleticism
As a former high school strength and conditioning coach, I’ve noticed that athletic development opportunities for kids have faded in recent years. On one hand, many schools are reducing or [...]
5 Ways Sports Parents Can Help Build Mental Toughness
Rather than falling into this trap, build your young athlete's mental toughness with these five tips.
5 Ways Parents Can Improve the College Recruiting Process
The college search for athletes has grown complicated and increasingly competitive, especially during the past 10 years. There are countless components...
Parents, Please Don’t Pay Your Kids To Score Points
Parents have good intentions when they pay their children to score points. They believe it will encourage them to work hard, score more and help the team win. But is [...]