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How to Be the Parent and Let Youth Sports Coaches Do Their Job

Do you know how to simply be the parent and let youth sports coaches do their job? This post is an excerpt from my book 11 Habits of Happy and Positive Sports Parents.  To get your copy or learn how you can give one to every parent on your child’s team, click here. Although parents and coaches...

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Top 5 Youth Sports Injuries and How You Can Help Your Child Deal With Them, Part 2: ACL Tears

I am very excited to be partnering with the UHealth Sports Medicine Institute, part of the University of Miami health system, to bring you a 5-part series of sponsored posts on youth sports injuries. UHealth is paying me for these posts because they believe strongly in the importance of a safe youth sports experience for every young athlete. No sports...

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How Your Child Wants to Be Treated After Playing Sports

Do you know how your child wanted to be treated after playing sports? This post is an excerpt from my book 11 Habits of Happy and Positive Sports Parents.  To get your copy or learn how you can give one to every parent on your child’s team, click here. Does your child know and believe...

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5 Essential Ingredients for a Winning Team

Is your child on a winning team? Although youth sports should not be solely fixated winning games, it should be focused on building a winning culture. There is a difference between the two: a team that is obsessed with only winning games will do whatever it takes to make that happen, regardless of how it...

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8 Reasons that Sports Parents Need a Coach

Everyone can use a good coach. Each person holds so much power within themselves that needs to be let out. Sometimes they just need a little nudge, a little direction, a little support, a little coaching, and the greatest things can happen. Pete Carrol, head coach Seattle Seahawks. I love that this great football coach...

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What do Parents do After a Heartbreaking Loss–Like at the LLWS?

When your child goes through a heartbreaking loss, what’s the best way for a parent to respond? Need help as you guide your child through a positive youth sports experience? I’m a certified life coach who can help you. I’m not a counselor, therapist, or even a consultant. I will not tell you what to...

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How to Find the Best Deals On Youth Sports Equipment

This post is sponsored and paid for by SidelineSwap.com, a a youth sports equipment website where athletes buy and sell their gear. Their mission is to provide athletes with a more affordable way to get gear so that everyone can play the sports they love.    Youth sports equipment costs can slam you. Do you feel...

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2 Kinds of Coaches: Which One Do You Need?

Athletes are not the only ones who need coaches. Sometimes parents need coaches too. However, athletes and parents need two different types of coaches. The word “coach” is used a lot these days. And it actually has a couple of meanings. Do you know these two different kinds of coaches? The most common meaning of...

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How to Defeat Sports Parenting Anxiety

Do you ever suffer from sports parenting anxiety? Just about every sports parent feels it, the anxiousness in the pit of your stomach when you’re worried about your child. I’ve felt it many times in 22 years of sports parenting. There were times when my son was a senior quarterback that I was so anxious,...

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How to Turn a Bad Season Around

What is a “Bad” season anyway? Have you ever gone through a season that can only be described as “Bad?” Maybe your child is struggling with getting along with her teammates. Or isn’t getting the playing time he wants. Or isn’t improving at the rate you’d like to see. Or doesn’t like the coach. Or...

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