The 100-Point Exercise is a good starting place to keep your goals as parent in balance with your children's goals.

Winning is great - but joyful, meaningful winning comes from a good team process. First and foremost, teach children the purpose of youth sports.

Helpful tips on how to conduct a positive coach evaluation

Stanford Women’ golf coach Anne Walker on how important it is for recruits to speak for themselves when meeting college coaches.

Our sports world is not immune to current COVID-19 culture as professional, amateur, recreational and youth sports are on hiatus, leaving a massive gap in lives and communities. What can sports teach us during this current state without games, practices, training, etc? This youth sports hiatus can be a tremendous time of personal preparation. Abraham […]

“Life involves you, but is not about you.”

To say that we are currently living in a confusing, ever changing and for many, a fearful time is a mammoth understatement. COVID-19 has adversely affected every corner of the world and is daily reaching new anxiety levels in the US. Day-to-day life as we know it has halted for the foreseeable future and fear, […]

My 15-years old daughter has played team sports for years. Unfortunately, self-esteem/confidence are at an all-time low of 0/10. She is cluttered with negative self-talk, a defeated attitude/mindset/body language. Her coaches said today she is “un-coachable”. She is removed from the competition team. Her coaches ask that she continues with practice, training to build her […]

In a recent influx of research on early sport specialization, many papers have been drafted detailing its effects. National Leadership Council Member Dr. Joe Donahue shared some of the latest reports from Seth Cheatham, Mia Smucny, and several other professionals. Below is a summary of the impacts of early youth sport specialization. In today’s society, there is a strong cultural […]

Hey coaches!! I need some ideas. I’m looking for a team building activity that shows the impact on the team when players are not able to move forward after an error or when they are not hitting well. We are revisiting the “mistake ritual” for individuals but I want to show how it can impact […]