There is always a root cause for why an athlete is unmotivated. Finding this root cause is how you motivate and unmotivated athlete. Therefore, your primary job as the parent or coach of an unmotivated athlete is to be a detective. As a detective, parents and coaches must do many of the things of a […]
Parents of young athletes can’t catch a break. They are constantly being blamed for all the things that are wrong in youth sports. However, few moments are spent thanking them for all the things that are right in youth sports. The truth is, there are far more good parents than there are bad parents. Unfortunately, […]
When a coach is working with a beginner in a sport, there is a tendency to want to help them get up to speed on their fundamentals as fast as possible. As the saying goes, practice makes perfect. So, coaches try to get beginners to practice as much as possible. However, the inverse of practice […]