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Sport Specialization Tied to Increased Risk of Injury in Kids and Teens
June 2, 2023
Children and teens who specialize in one sport may be more likely to get injured than those who play a variety of sports, a new study suggests. Researchers examined data from five previously published studies with a total of about 5,600 athletes age 18 or younger. Compared to athletes who played the widest variety of […]
Help Your Child Develop a Solid Performance Mindset
June 2, 2023
What are the things that can improve and grow in their game? Try to get a bit better each day at those. One of the areas that is discussed a lot, but parents often don’t really know what to do with, is the process of developing a solid performance mindset for our young athletes. How […]
What Injuries Do Competitive Divers Face?
June 2, 2023
Many divers diet in order to be lean and muscular, but restricting calories also can lead to low energy, fatigue and an increased injury rate. Competitive divers face a high risk of injuring their shoulders, back, elbows, wrists and other body parts, according to a paper by a Loyola Medicine sports medicine physician. “Even when a dive […]
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How Does Mental Toughness Work?
June 2, 2023
As if the athlete doesn’t know that he or she screwed up and thinking long and hard about how they’re going to fix the problem. All your doing is increasing the anxiety and hurting the athlete’s ability to perform next time. What is mental toughness? It is being focused, confidence, determined and resilient especially under […]
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Weight Gain Tips For Athletes
June 2, 2023
Why do some athletes need to gain weight? Some athletes need more calories to gain weight or maintain their weight. For example, you may need to maintain your weight for endurance sports because of the large amount of calories you burn. Endurance sports include running, swimming and biking over long time periods or distances. Weight gain […]
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Hockey Nutrition
June 2, 2023
You can’t just create energy out of nowhere for sport-specific physical expenditure – and you also can’t just create energy out of thin air to replace the energy you just utilized during a workout or hockey game. You will learn how to eat properly on game day and during the off-season to maximize your performance, […]
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Sports Safety Tips
June 2, 2023
Participation in sports offers tremendous social, emotional and physical benefits for children. We know that one of the worst things for kids is being on the sidelines with an injury. As parents and coaches, there are simple things we can do to help reduce preventable injuries – so our kids can continue playing the games […]
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Fun Fourth of July Activities for Kids
June 2, 2023
14 fail-proof Fourth of July activities for kids
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Ten Sports-Themed Books for Young Adults
June 2, 2023
Getting teens to read isn’t always the easiest task. It can be made a whole lot easier though if your child finds the book’s subject interesting. If you have children who enjoy sports, there is a good chance they will like at least a few of these. We’ve put together a list of 10 great sports-themed […]
Heading the Soccer Ball May Be Bad for Young Brains
June 2, 2023
According to studies of experienced adult soccer players, heading can generate impact forces almost equivalent to those of a helmet-to-helmet football tackle. The question of whether young children should use their heads on the soccer field has been a contentious one in recent years. In 2015, U.S. Youth Soccer, the organization that oversees most of […]
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