The next time you see a young athlete playing youth sports and consciously judge their performance, I want you to think back to this article. That young athlete may be a top performer you see as a future star or appear to be a completely uncoordinated lifetime scrub. Either way, those moments of judgement are […]
Before I go into the 8 expert tips for reducing injuries in youth sports, let me orient your mindset. If you don’t have the right mindset to buy-in to these tips to reduce injuries, then there is no point of even reading them. Moreover, most parents of highly competitive youth athletes don’t have this mindset. […]
Nearly all youth athletes get their self-motivation from two areas: 1) Developing new skills. 2) Demonstrating those new skills. Contrary to popular belief, winning in youth sports is not how you motivate a young athlete. If a youth athlete cannot make the connection between practice and competing with these two things, they will not embrace […]