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5 Tips to Being a Great Youth Sports Coach

Being an youth sports coach can be an incredibly fun and rewarding experience, but with the privilege of being a coach also comes responsibility.  As youth sports continue to evolve, coaches are often...

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The Youth Sports Challenge: Delivering Needed Training to Volunteer Coaches

A lot has changed in youth sports in recent years, including an increase in youth sports burnout, more kids specializing in one sport, and more kids using dangerous performance enhancing drugs to get...

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Psychology explains craziness with football coach hiring and firings

Mike Shanahan was fired today, an expected move by the Red Skins in the aftermath of a 3-13 season.  Once not that long ago considered a “guru” and “genius” by NFL experts and fans, today Shanahan is...

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Watch for Warning Signs as Kids Face Sport Retirement

It used to be in the old days that only professional athletes experienced distress upon nearing sport retirement, but these days may young athletes — including high school student athletes — also...

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Isaiah Austin Abrupt Sport Retirement a Teachable Moment for Young Athletes

One of the big stories from last night’s NBA draft was the seeing former Baylor star Isaiah Austin drafted by the league, a classy move coming just days after Austin was suddenly forced in to sport...

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Tips to Help Coaches with Leadership, Responsibility, and Mentoring

Youth and interscholastic coaches are often some of the most memorable and influential people in the lives of student athletes.  In many cases coaches are as important to student athletes as teachers,...

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Things to Think About Before Signing Up to Be a Coach

Every year tens of thousands of adults consider going into youth and interscholastic coaching, and most go into it for the right reasons and with the right mindset.  Still, there are others who have...

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Sport Specialization Morphing into 2 Sports, Same Season Athlete Prototype

In the old days (meaning a mere generation ago), kids would sample various sports and usually play a different sport with each new sports season.  In fact, that’s exactly how the “three-sport...

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4 Tips to Successful Coaching at Any Level

Coaches at all levels regularly look for new ideas to master the art of coaching, and fortunately there are several core building blocks that can prove to be invaluable to coaches along this pursuit....

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Warning Signs for a Difficult Sport Retirement Transition

While few athletes like to think about sport retirement, the reality is that every athlete will inevitably face the day where he or she must face sport retirement and transition to the next chapter in...

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The Best Coaching Style to Use When Coaching Kids

Youth and interscholastic coaches are often challenged to develop their own coaching style and philosophy so that they can build great relationships with kids, and have a better chance at winning, too....

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Don’t Like How the Coach is Using Your Child? Sue Your League.

Unhappy with the way your child is being used by his youth sports coach, but don’t know what to do?  You could exercise patience and see how things play out, or you could politely find a time to talk...

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Sports Burnout Signs & What Parents Should Do

Summer sports are just around the corner, and that means a lot of practices, games, and travel for young athletes.  For some kids an intense sports schedule can lead to sports burnout, especially when...

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Should You Play Your Child Up — or Down — for Better Athletic Development?

This past weekend I was part of a panel on ESPN Outside the Lines discussing the idea of red-shirting kids in school so that they can better excel in sports.  The topic seems to be white-hot at the...

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The Most Important Challenge for Every Youth Sports Coach

I recently read an article written by a “mental coach” who advised youth sport coaches to steer clear of telling players “You’ve got to believe in yourself!” I don’t usually have much problem with the...

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Multiple Sports, Same Season Athlete Prototype Becoming the Norm in Youth Sports

A few years ago I began noticing a new type of youth sport athlete – the 2 sport, same season athlete. Rather than playing just one sport, these kids were committed to two sports at the same time. I...

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5 Tips to Handling Youth Sport Team Cuts

Watching your child-athlete struggle to earn playing time, or worse yet, just make the team, can be one of the toughest things to experience for a sports parent.  While nobody enjoys going through the...

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Learn this Fascinating Reason Why Your Child Might be Struggling with Sport...

While it is true that some kids fail to live up to their athletic potential because of sports anxiety (also known as “choking” in the sport psychology lingo), others play poorly for an entirely...

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Why Some Incredibly Talented Athletes Voluntarily Quit Sports

Many people assume that when someone is good at something, they also love doing it.  For example, when we see a talented athlete compete, we generally assume he or she loves playing sports.  While...

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Learn About the Most Overlooked Aspect of Maximizing Sport Performance

As we race to discover the best sport psychology and science training methods, one simple yet vitally important variable that directly impacts athletic performance is almost always overlooked — rest....

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