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.
Avoiding Shortcuts During Injury Recovery
If you are the parent or coach of a young athlete with an injury, here are recommendations for keeping recovery on track.
How to Encourage Competition While Discouraging Cheating
How to Encourage Competition While Discouraging Cheating One of the challenges inherent in youth sports is teaching the difference between taking advantages of opportunities to gain a competitive advantage – gamesmanship – and taking illegal and unethical shortcuts in an effort to win – cheating. In the appropriate competitive environment, there’s nothing wrong with playing…
4 Ways ‘Winning the Right Way’ Goes Beyond Sports
4 Ways ‘Winning the Right Way’ Goes Beyond Sports Although it’s most often associated with sports, ‘winning the right way’ is an important mantra applicable to all areas of a young person’s life. Even if it’s sometimes repeated to the point of cliche, taking the time to teach what the phrase actually means in real-world…
5 Things Parents and Teens Need to Know About Supplements
5 Things Parents and Teens Need to Know About Supplements Has your young athlete expressed an interest in using nutritional supplements to improve athletic performance? Aggressive marketing from the supplement industry has adults and kids convinced they need supplements to perform at their best, but there are some important considerations parents need to keep in…