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A Teenager, a Hockey Contract, and the Best Interests of the Child
Mark St. Amant wonders if a private sports team should have the right to lock a thirteen year-old into a contract, if it’s clearly not what the child wants. – File under: “Bureaucracy-on-Steroids.” Or...
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Disorganized Chaos: My Summer as a T-Ball Coach
One man’s attempt at wrangling twelve small children provided him with plenty of lifelong memories—and all it cost him was his sanity. — My first real “Welcome to t-ball” moment came during our third...
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A Teenager, a Hockey Contract, and the Best Interests of the Child
Mark St. Amant wonders if a private sports team should have the right to lock a thirteen year-old into a contract, if it’s clearly not what the child wants. – File under: “Bureaucracy-on-Steroids.” Or...
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Disorganized Chaos: My Summer as a T-Ball Coach
One man’s attempt at wrangling twelve small children provided him with plenty of lifelong memories—and all it cost him was his sanity. — My first real “Welcome to t-ball” moment came during our third...
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Soccer? More like SUCKER–Info you Need, from a Reluctant Dad-Coach
Embed from Getty Images Rodney Lacroix, dad, sucker (ahem!) soccer coach shares the truth in advertising about the games kids play on the field…and it’s not soccer. — I coach my son’s soccer team....
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A Teenager, a Hockey Contract, and the Best Interests of the Child
Mark St. Amant wonders if a private sports team should have the right to lock a thirteen year-old into a contract, if it’s clearly not what the child wants.–File under: “Bureaucracy-on-Steroids.” Or...
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Disorganized Chaos: My Summer as a T-Ball Coach
One man’s attempt at wrangling twelve small children provided him with plenty of lifelong memories—and all it cost him was his sanity.—My first real “Welcome to t-ball” moment came during our third...
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Soccer? More like SUCKER–Info you Need, from a Reluctant Dad-Coach
Embed from Getty Images Rodney Lacroix, dad, sucker (ahem!) soccer coach shares the truth in advertising about the games kids play on the field…and it’s not soccer. —I coach my son’s soccer...
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The Hidden Secrets to Why Kids Quit Sports
Playing sports teaches our kids life lessons, but today, 70% of kids quit sports by the age of thirteen. We’re going to Coach Jim and Coach Steve from Coach Baseball Right to talk about the hidden...
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Dad, It Doesn’t Help
By Mark MaguireDuring the 2014 season, I asked my then 11-year-old son: “What do all the children in the dugout think when their parents urge them on with ‘instructions’ and ‘encouragement’ as they...
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Top 3 Youth Sports Parent Mistakes
By CoachUpBeing a parent of a youth sports athlete could almost be considered a sport of its own. Between running back and forth to various practices, games, and fundraising activities, parents...
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5 Obstacles That’ll Keep Parents From an Amazing Season
By Janis MeredithSeasons often begin with high expectations for both parents and players. It’s a fresh start and hope is high as everyone anticipates a chance to start anew. Having a great season...
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How to Raise Kids Who Bounce Back
By Janis MeredithHow do you help your child face the same pitcher who struck him out three times already in the game? What will help your young football player keep running with the ball even after...
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4 Signs That You Are Doing ‘Team’ the Right Way
By Janis MeredithThere are thousands and thousands of youth sports teams, but how many of them are really doing team the right way? As a sports mom for 21 years, I watched my kids play on more than...
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Become the Youth Sports Parent You’ve Always Wanted to Be
By Janis MeredithHave you heard this parenting tip? Become the parent you’ve always wanted to be. Good advice, but it stops short.If becoming a good parent was as easy as following that simple word of...
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8 Tools for Every Sports Parent’s Survival Kit
By Janis MeredithEvery time you take your children to practice or a game, they take with them some very important pieces of equipment that will help they play the game. I think it’s just as important...
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The Advantages of Being a Dual-Sport Athlete
By The Recruiting CoachesThere has been a huge shift in recent years for high school athletes to focus on one sport for a variety of reasons. Many high school athletes feel pressure that they have to...
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6 Common Youth Sports Exaggerations
By Janis MeredithBecause youth sports are so full of emotion and excitement for sports parents and athletes, it is not unusual for gross exaggerations to occur. When things are not going as you think...
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Should Coaches Treat All Kids the Same?
By Janis MeredithIf you’d asked me that question at the beginning of my sports parenting journey, I would have said yes, absolutely! But 21 years of sports parenting and 28 years of being a coach’s...
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10 Reasons Youth Sports Brings Out Your Crazy
By Janis MeredithEvery time you go to a sporting event to watch your child play, there’s a good chance that you’ll feel a strange metamorphosis take place within you. In a way, it’s almost as if an...
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