Pre-Workout Fueling
TrueSport Expert Kristen Ziesmer shares what parents and coaches need to know about pre-workout fueling for middle and high school athletes.
TrueSport Expert Kristen Ziesmer shares what parents and coaches need to know about pre-workout fueling for middle and high school athletes.
What College Coaches Look For In High School Athletes On the surface, it might seem like the college recruiting for high school athletes is simple: Play well at your sport. Get offered a scholarship. In reality, the process is not quite that simple. College coaches look at much more than just box scores when building…
Is Your Young Athlete Ready To Start Serious Training? Children gradually gain skill, balance, coordination, and strength through unstructured play. At some point we add structured sports to the mix and increase the focus on certain types of movement and strength (shooting baskets, hitting baseballs, sprinting 100 meters, etc.). But at what point should children…
What to Look For in a Great Summer Sports Camp Spring is time for cleaning, tax refunds, and making plans for summer! There’s no better place for young athletes to stay active, learn new skills, and make new friends than at a summer sports camp. And for parents, sports camps provide an alternative to having…
Thriving or Surviving: Signs Your Kid Is Stretched Too Thin There are so many extracurricular activities available for young people now, including youth sports, art classes, religious schools, STEM activities, music lessons, language, and the list goes on. What educators have learned over the years is that young people stay out of trouble when…
Ask the Expert: How Coaches Build Cohesive Teams, with Sports Psychologist Roberta Kraus, Ph.D. One of the confusing and challenging conversations in education and youth sports centers on whether teaching and coaching should be gender-blind, or whether there are scientifically valid reasons girls and boys should be coached differently. Sports psychologist and TrueSport Expert, Roberta…