On the one hand, some coaches will say you can’t teach a young athlete to work hard. These coaches believe the will to grind hard is something you either have or you don’t. That grinding hard is an innate characteristic embedded in your DNA. Other coaches will say young athletes who lack talent grind harder than athletes […]
The majority of parents push their kids pretty hard to play youth sports. How do I know this? Youth sports is roughly a $17 billion industry. Nearly 20% of U.S. families spend more than $12,000 a year on youth sports, per child. As a result, youth sports is not just a game, it’s a high […]
Recently, the NY Times published an article covering a new clinical report on youth sports from the American Academy of Pediatrics. This is one of those rare must reads for all youth and high school sport parents. This report from the American Academy of Pediatrics contains multiple nuggets of insight as well as specific recommendations. […]