There are hundreds of sports metaphors for life. In fact, you probably hear or personally use a sports metaphor nearly every day. Unquestionably, sports is the go to metaphor for life in so many ways. In essence, sports is life. Specifically, I believe there is one characteristic in particular that makes sports fill this metaphorical […]
Resilience is one of those behaviors that can make or break a child as they transition into adulthood. Resilience is a learned behavior that provides the ability to overcome and persevere through obstacles, adversity, misfortune, and unwanted change. Children are not born resilient, it’s something that they must learn and develop over time. As a result, […]
One of the things I always say is that youth sports reveals character in children, it doesn’t build character. It’s up to parents and coaches to build character using youth sports as the classroom. With this intention in mind, there are three character traits in particular I think good coaches consistently use youth sports as […]