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…
Roberta Kraus, Ph.D. is a sport psychologist that has worked with everyone from corporate leaders to professional and Olympic athletes. The president of the Colorado-based Center for Sports Psychology, she recently gave a talk to the youth sport parents of the Colorado Summit Volleyball club on how to best support their athletes in their burgeoning…
How to Exercise While on Vacation Summer may mean it’s time for swimsuits, sandals, and sunglasses, but it doesn’t mean it’s time for athletes to completely drop their workout routines, either. While summer is a time for rest and relaxation, it’s also a great time for youth athletes to start preparing themselves for their next…
Physical & Mental Preparation For Youth Sports How an athlete performs is dependent on many things, but especially upon how they go about physically and mentally preparing for game time. While many believe that the physical aspects of performance (such doing drills, warming up, and conditioning) are most important, physical and mental preparation for youth…
Top 5 Benefits of Mental Preparation for Youth Athletes How well athletes perform has much to do with how well they prepare beforehand, both physically and mentally. While it’s easier to stress the physical aspects of preparation (like dynamic stretching, warming up, and staying hydrated) coaches should not underestimate the impact that good mental preparation…
What To Never Forget When Packing For A Sports Camp For your athletes to get the most out of their sports camp experience, it’s important for them to arrive prepared. Making sure your athlete has everything they need allows them to concentrate on learning the skills and drills taught at camp, as opposed to stressing over something…
The Importance of Long-Term Preparation TrueSport Ambassador Cody Miller knows as well as anyone that preparing to win Olympic gold doesn’t happen overnight, but instead takes years (or even decades) of consistent preparation and execution.
Why Preparing Begins With Eating Eating for peak performance isn’t rocket science, but it does take some take some trial and error. No one knows this better than Olympic swimmer and TrueSport Ambassador Elizabeth Beisel, who always takes time to eat the foods that will help her most in the pool.
Building A Foundation For Success TrueSport Ambassador Cody Miller shares the pillars of his preparation routine that eventually helped him win Olympic gold.
How Much Support Is Too Much? TrueSport Ambassador and four-time Olympic gold medalist Janet Evans offers her advice on how to find the happy medium between offering the support youth athletes need, but without pushing them *too* much.
Packing A Tournament Cooler With Janet Evans It can be overwhelming to try and figure out what to pack for all-day youth sports competitions. Olympian and TrueSport Parent Janet Evans shares her tips on how to keep young athletes happy with snacks that are both nutritious and easy to prepare.
How Candace Lee-Vering Prepares For Gameday Former USA Volleyball National Team Member and TrueSport Parent Candace Lee-Vering shares three big keys to having a successful pre-game routine that will help your athletes perform their best.
What’s In Elizabeth Beisel’s Gym Bag? A good training session is hard to have if you don’t bring the right things with you. Just ask two-time Olympic medalist Elizabeth Beisel, who shares what she always has in her gym bag.
