Parenting Tips

Choosing a Coach for Your Child - Few things more important

Athlete's Perspective is Key

Parents are responsible for building a proper athlete's perspective in their young player. Unfortunately, many do not or expect that process to come from their sports coach. Of course, the best case scenario is having their coach and parents develop positive character traits in youth. The best athlete's perspective is one that helps them understand concepts like pride, humility, teamwork, focus, work ethic and confidence.

Keeping the Right Youth Sports Perspective

Parent tips to help your child make the high school team

This infographic offers parent some helpful advice to help your child make the high school team. Of course, there is no substitute for talent and coaches will recognize the players with it immediately.

Sports Parents Guide - Don't Worry, you can still be a positive parent

This sports parents guide suggests you can still be a positivecoach and parent and teach life lessons along the way.

It seems as though positive parenting and positive coaching get a bad rap these days. People assume it means nothing but praising kids and attempting to build up their self-esteem all the time.

Sports Parent's Rules for Athletes

Nowadays, nothing having to do with youth sports is easy as it was many years ago. Believe it or not, there was a time when parents would send theirkids off to practices and games without it being a big deal. At least, that is how I remember it when I grew up. Today, drama seems to surround the youth sports scene. I guess it is understandable with the big business that youth sports now entail. Money seems to change things and usually not for the better.