I recently found a helpful website for parents and coaches interested in more information about concussions and youth sports. I have previously written a great deal about how the risk of concussion in youth football is affecting parents’ decisions about their child playing football and could put the very future of the sport at risk.Continue reading “Helpful Website for Parents & Coaches On Youth Sports Concussions”
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How Not to Build Fair Teams in Youth Sports
Our 2022 Little League Baseball season is off to a rocky start. This is my first year managing in the Majors Division (for 11 and 12-year olds) and we’ve lost all 7 games. Along the way, we’ve been outscored 110 – 9. You read that right. Our run differential is -101 runs. We’ve been run-ruledContinue reading “How Not to Build Fair Teams in Youth Sports”
Wearing Two Hats – Coaching Your Own Kid
I recently finished a really good book by Gordon Maclelland of the Working With Parents in Sports organization. The book, Two Hats, is a guide for coaching your own children – that is, wearing two hats: parent and coach. It’s a quick read (only 180 small pages with good sized font) that has much goodContinue reading “Wearing Two Hats – Coaching Your Own Kid”
Hustle & Attitude 