Today I listened to a highly insightful podcast embedded within an article titled the The Late-Bloomer Advantage in Sports. I highly recommend all sports parents read this article and listen to the podcast embedded within it. In short, the conclusion is simple. Parents and coaches do a bad job understanding relative age. This causes them […]
Two weeks ago I wrote about the rising levels of depression among children. Research shows that one of the best things a parent can do to reduce this risk of depression is to raise resilient kids. I believe getting both girls and boys to participate in youth wrestling is the perfect way to achieve this. […]
A few days ago I wrote a warning about the curse of high achieving young athletes. My premise is that the more success a child has in youth sports, the more pressure a child feels to sustain that success. However, many parents and coaches fail to provide high achieving youth athletes the skills to cope […]