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Playing Time Matters in Youth Sports
June 2, 2023
Getting stuck at the end of the bench does not foster participation. And we all know greater participation is sorely needed in youth sports. Under which condition is it “fair” to use equal playing time and under which condition is it “fair” to use unequal playing time? That’s one of the questions asked in a […]
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Fun at Bat Youth Program Launches in Mexico
June 2, 2023
“This about developing character and how sports teach us values that create good citizens that know how to follow rules, compete, and how to win and lose with dignity.” The new president of Mexico has made one thing very clear in his first six months in office: He wants to see more baseball played south […]
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USA Select Camp Numbers Show Female Hockey Growth, Dominance in Minnesota
June 2, 2023
On the 40 NCAA Division I women’s college hockey rosters last season, there were 157 Minnesotans, which led the country by a considerable margin. Massachusetts was second with 106. While the Minnesota Gophers women’s hockey team fell one game short of bringing another NCAA title to Minnesota in March, the overall state of hockey for […]
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You Need a Growth Mindset – Learn How From NBA Star Steph Curry
June 2, 2023
Team cohesion is essential to every sport, including individual sports. “Believing that your qualities are carved in stone – which is part of having a fixed mindset – discourages risk-taking and revision. People with a fixed mindset avoid challenging situations that might lead to failure because success depends upon protecting and promoting their set of […]
My Son Has ADHD: What I Want Parents, Coaches and Officials to Understand
June 2, 2023
At the heart of ADHD is a difficulty in achieving focus, which is why ADHD used to be known simply as “Attention Deficit Disorder” or “ADD”. My son, a goalkeeper, then age 9, had completed his first year of travel soccer.  He’d had an irregular season, sometimes doing outstanding, sometimes doing poorly.  We were looking […]
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I Think My Child Should Move Up…
June 2, 2023
Dear Swim Mom, I feel like my 12-year-old daughter is ready to be moved up. She’s mature for her age and faster than the other kids in her group. She’ll be turning 13 in a couple months. I mentioned it to her coach after practice and I didn’t get much of an answer. I think […]
Five Best Soccer Goalkeeper Tips to Keep the Ball Out of the Goal
June 2, 2023
If you can instruct your defender to take the near post, and you the far post, this restricts the scoring opportunity for an attacker. The position of goalkeeper can be the loneliest on the field. Mistakes are more costly than in any other position, meaning the goalkeeper can face heavy criticism and scrutiny if things […]
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Perseverance – My Story
June 2, 2023
Perseverance is defined as the ability to keep trying in spite of difficulty. What people don’t always realize is that it is the hardest to display perseverance when things are consistently tough. It’s easy to want to work hard when things are going your way. What about when they’re not? AS STUBBORN AS A MULE […]
Packers, USA Football Award NFL Foundation-Funded Grants
June 2, 2023
USA Football’s grant program will award more than $1.5 million in resources to benefit young athletes in 2019, based on merit The Green Bay Packers and USA Football recently awarded grants for new equipment, uniforms and other resources to several youth and scholastic football programs throughout Wisconsin. Grants are valued up to $1,000 apiece and […]
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Overcoming Performance Fears and Blocks In Gymnastics
June 2, 2023
Whether the gymnast is aware of these or not, there are four major sources of fear in the gym which feed balking and lost skills.  In everything that we do, we learn by making mistakes and failing. In most other sports, this learning process is non-eventful. You miss a shot, hit a ball into the […]
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