Yet Another Example of Adults Behaving Badly in Youth Sports

I wish I found this as unbelievable as it should be. Unfortunately, a friend of mine has experienced this first hand. http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/07/10/sports/youth-sports-embezzlement-by-adults.html?smid=tw-share&_r=0&referer=https://t.co/H7p5PCEph2 Youth sports are supposed to be for our children to be active, have fun, and learn lessons about competition and sportsmanship; things like Hustle & Attitude. We should all work together to makeContinue reading "Yet Another Example of Adults Behaving Badly in Youth Sports"

High schools against pitch counts?

It is hard for me to believe that, in this day and age - with all we know about arm injuries (and admittedly there is still a lot we don't know), there are youth sports organizations balking at the idea of pitch count restrictions. Particularly given the lack of hard core research, why wouldn't weContinue reading "High schools against pitch counts?"

Power of Positive Coaching

Check out this article from a great organization:  The Power of Positive by Jim Thompson, the Founder and CEO of the Positive Coaching Alliance (PCA). Hustle & Attitude coaches recognize that keeping kids "in the moment" is one of the attitudes that we strive to attain in the athletes and emphasize in our coaching.  WhenContinue reading "Power of Positive Coaching"