Now You Know: Winning Does Not Make Youth Sports Fun

It’s 5am and in a couple hours I embark on a road trip to take my son to arguably the hardest youth wrestling tournament in the country.  This is our third year going.  The last two years my son lost more matches in this one tournament than he did all season. My son hates to […]

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The Handshake vs. The Fist Bump in Youth Wrestling

I’m noticing a disturbing trend in youth wrestling this season.  The fist bump is starting to overtake the handshake among coaches when greeting the opposing wrestler at the end of a match. I believe youth coaches must stop this trend in it’s tracks before it goes any further. Traditionally, wrestlers always shake their opponents hand […]

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Rooting for Your Child to Lose vs. Rooting for Your Child to Win

There are three types of losers. Those people who accept losing. The people who learn from losing. Then of course you have your sore losers. When you win all the time, it’s easy to fall victim to the sore loser mentality.  If you lose all the time, it’s easy to let being a loser become […]

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