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Off-Season Training for Young Athletes: Why it Helps Balance Them Out
When a sports season ends, many families, and especially young athletes, welcome the break. Sports seasons can be jam-packed with…
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How Simone Biles Started Her Gymnastics Journey
When parents think about gymnastics success stories, certain names stand out; Tara Lipinski, Shawn Johnson, and of course, Simone Biles.…
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Encouraging Grit and Perseverance Through Sports
When we parents think about our child's youth sports experience, we often think about goals or wins. We think about…
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Introducing Wheelchair Basketball to Your Child
We introduce our kids to sports for a number of reasons; we want them to be healthy, exercise, well-rounded, and…
Posted inSports Education
The Importance of Warm-Ups and Cool-Downs for Young Athletes
In youth sports, it’s easy to focus on the main event of it all. We focus on the outcome of…
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Understanding Growth Plates and Injury Risks in Young Athletes
As parents, we hardly notice how fast our children are growing in the moment. It happens suddenly, almost. One day…
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Late Bloomers: Why it Might Pay to Wait
When your young and indeed, even when you're a sports-centric parent, it's easy to feel like youth sports has a…
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Lacrosse vs. Hockey: What’s Different and What’s the Same?
For many parents, choosing the right sport for their child can feel overwhelming. It isn't that the sports themselves are…
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Life Lessons: How Coaches Can Change a Child’s Life For The Better
Many of us remember our own youth sports experience with fondness. The devastating losses, come-from-behind wins, our first goal, or…
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How to Read a Youth Sports Schedule and Tournament Format
For many parents, youth sports is a juggling act. We're constantly trying to match our kids' schedules to our own…