COVID-19 has sidelined thousands of youth sports teams, programs, schools and millions of young athletes.

Aim for the center of your forehead just about where the hairline is. Soccer games for kids continues to grow as it’s just a great sport. Concussions, too, are growing just as fast – not so great! The all important aspect of properly heading the soccer ball has become critical in ensuring the well being of young […]

Cradling is the twisting and rocking motion of a lacrosse stick as a player runs. Holding a lacrosse stick still makes it very easy for an opponent to knock it out of your stick. When I was a freshman in high school, my school started a girls lacrosse team. Being the mousy bookworm that I […]

Just as you can pick out your son or daughter’s voice in a crowded room, your child can recognize your voice from anywhere on the field or court.

When student-athletes act as mentors, everyone wins. Those athletes learn how to become better leaders, their mentees learn valuable life lessons, and their communities experience the benefits of young leaders.

Joseph Burgo, PhD, author of The Narcissist You Know, explains how competitive parenting can be more damaging than you might realize—and offers some practical suggestions for how to recognize, defuse, and deal with bad sportsmanship in the stands.

“Anything we can do to give kids diversity in physical and physiological ways is a win,” says Steve Smith, PhD. Smith is a professor of clinical psychology at University of California, Santa Barbara and focuses on working with young athletes and parents,

Sports can provide so much more beyond the field. They can give us opportunities to grow as people.

The shutdown is discouraging BUT we can use it to rekindle our original love of sports

Find tips to help you and your youth athlete cope