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5 Behaviors of High-Performing Sports Parents
Help your kids achieve their potential, regardless of their athletic level.
62 High School Athletes Identify the Most Embarrassing Sport Parent Behaviors
While some seem fairly obvious, a few may surprise you.
A Better Way for Coaches to End Practice
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Why Coaches and Parents Should Avoid Placing Too Much Emphasis on Team and Individual Results
Fall season playoff time can be intense, hyper-competitive, exhilarating or heartbreaking. These moments are great opportunities to focus on teachable moments. Whether your team dominates a rival or is on [...]
Moms Star At The Tokyo Olympics
Olympic organizers in Tokyo have allowed moms to bring their infants and caregivers in light of the city-wide pandemic-related state of emergency. Unfortunately, USA Today reported that two athletes left [...]
9 Easy Steps to Destroy Your Child’s Athletic Career
The vast majority of sports parents are well-intentioned. They want their kids to succeed and hope for the best for them in their athletic endeavors. But despite good intentions, sometimes [...]
3 Things Youth Athletes Should Never Do in the Weight Room
I believe that introducing strength training to our youth athletes at an early age is one of the greatest things we can do for them as coaches,...
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 [...]
Why Youth Athletes Need More Free Play
I was lucky enough to spend my summers growing up at Camp Coniston, it was a YMCA summer camp where my mother was a Nurse. Basketball, tennis, horseback...
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...