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 […]
A winning mindset starts with prioritizing process over outcomes. However, parents and coaches often make the mistake of over emphasizing outcomes with rewards and punishments. In addition, parents and coaches also tend to inadvertently show more love when athletes have winning outcomes and show little to no emotion when athletes are winning with process. There […]
One of the biggest mistakes parents make in youth sports is comparing their child to another young athlete. This happens all the time. For example, one kid on your child’s team is a flat out rock star. They do every drill hard and fast, listen to the coach intently, and show enthusiasm from start to […]