Parents
Sport Should Be a Safe Place for Everyone. You Can Help.
At its essence, sport is a place where we can go to learn, grow, and thrive, both physically and emotionally. And no matter the ages of the participants [...]
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....
Tools to Help Parents and Coaches Keep Young Athletes Safe
Every young athlete deserves to be safe, supported, and strengthened. This idea is at the core of what the U.S. Center for SafeSport does in communities across America [...]
The Unicycle. An Unconventional Yet Effective Way to Build a Better Athlete
It's a big world out there with many variables. Children need to develop a base set of skills to become productive adults. Sports and various hobbies or activities can help [...]
Soccer Players Need to Hit the Brakes
When I played baseball in high school, I always dreaded pre-season conditioning. It was brutal and endless. We did every kind of sprint, jump, and stair running you can imagine. [...]
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 [...]
Strength Training for Young Dancers
While dancing may be considered an art for many, it is as physically demanding and rigorous as any sport. Regardless of its classification, it is an activity that demands high [...]
7 Ways Playing High School Sports Benefit Students
You instantly see the effects sports have on youth and teenage high school students. Sports have remarkable and positive psychological, mental, physical, and emotional impacts. Essentially, starting kids in sports [...]
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, [...]
The Power of Play
It’s been said over the past few years that early specialization is leading to burnout and injury. For instance, this study surveyed specialized youth basketball players who only play basketball [...]
