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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...
Why the ‘Big Kid’ Often Gets Bad Coaching in Youth Sports
The big kid. Watch any youth sporting event, and you can pick them out. They’re the ones who look like they’re in the wrong age group. Their physical development is [...]
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 [...]
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....
