In my experience, there are three primary means of teaching skills in youth wrestling: repetitive drills, video review, and structured play. By far, the method used most by wrestling coaches is repetitive drills. The problem with this is that drilling wrestling moves repetitively is boring and boring practices drive kids away from wrestling. The fact […]
It’s almost natural for a parent who is a former athlete to push their children to play sports. The same goes for former musicians. If a parent has an affinity for a specific activity, it’s very common for that parent to push their child to learn to love that same activity. There is generally nothing […]
There is a simple truth about parenting that’s hard to understand and accept. Pushing a child to do better, be better, and achieve more has limits and may even do harm. These limits and the potential harm may not appear until it’s too late to self-correct. This is the cautionary tale that I’m warning you […]