Sport Families: How to Celebrate Wins, When One Kid Isn’t Winning
When you have two or more children in sports, it can be a challenge to give each one the same level of positive attention.
How to Help Athletes Be Confident in Tough Situations
Parents should not only teach good decision-making habits and strategies, but also help their athletes feel confident about making tough decisions.
7 Things to Avoid When It Comes to Raising Good Decision-Makers
It’s challenge for parents & coaches to find a balance between helping athletes develop decision-making skills while also ensuring that they find success.
How to Help Your Athlete Come Back After a Bad Decision
When we talk about decision-making with young athletes, it’s with the understanding that not every decision is going to be the right one.
How to Strengthen Your Athlete’s Decision-Making Skills
Creating a space that encourages the development of an essential life skill like decision-making should be a top priority for the coaches of youth athletes.
How to Support Your Athlete’s Commitment to a Team
Parents often look to youth sports to teach athletes the value of sticking with a task or job even when it gets difficult. Here’s how you can support your athlete’s commitment to a team.
Sport Parent Expectations: How to Be a Successful Youth Sport Coach
Recognizing the consequences that come along with the overwhelming pressure parents put on coaches, here are practical ways coaches can manage expectations from team parents.
Is Your Overparenting Ruining Your Athlete’s Experience?
We value youth sports for many reasons. However, at times, these benefits are muted when sport and play is influenced by overparenting.
Teamwork: How to Make the Most of The Coach-Parent Dynamic
The coach-parent dynamic: research shows that kids learn more and perform better when coaches, parents, and athletes work together harmoniously.
5 Ways Kids Gain Independence Through Sport
Parents are concerned that kids are becoming less capable of thinking & acting for themselves. Here are five ways youth sports help foster confidence.