There are times in youth sport when athletes want to quit “because of the coach.” As a parent, what do you do in this situation? I share some ideas with you as well as some words of encouragement for players who find themselves in this situation. It happens more often than you might think. I …
Leadership requires character. I have, literally, seen situations where “leaders” feel they have the right, maybe even the duty, to request to see a team captain privately, just so they can ream them for the failures of the team. At the very same time, these “leaders” complaining about how the leaders on the team don’t know how …
We don’t need more positive coaches or positive sports parents. Why? Because many who buy in to those ideas kind of have this feeling that not being mean is more or less the extent of what it entails … not swearing at the kids not yelling from the sidelines not going ballistic over mistakes not badmouthing others etc, …
