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Five Best Soccer Goalkeeper Tips to Keep the Ball Out of the Goal
June 2, 2023
If you can instruct your defender to take the near post, and you the far post, this restricts the scoring opportunity for an attacker. The position of goalkeeper can be the loneliest on the field. Mistakes are more costly than in any other position, meaning the goalkeeper can face heavy criticism and scrutiny if things […]
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Perseverance – My Story
June 2, 2023
Perseverance is defined as the ability to keep trying in spite of difficulty. What people don’t always realize is that it is the hardest to display perseverance when things are consistently tough. It’s easy to want to work hard when things are going your way. What about when they’re not? AS STUBBORN AS A MULE […]
Packers, USA Football Award NFL Foundation-Funded Grants
June 2, 2023
USA Football’s grant program will award more than $1.5 million in resources to benefit young athletes in 2019, based on merit The Green Bay Packers and USA Football recently awarded grants for new equipment, uniforms and other resources to several youth and scholastic football programs throughout Wisconsin. Grants are valued up to $1,000 apiece and […]
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Overcoming Performance Fears and Blocks In Gymnastics
June 2, 2023
Whether the gymnast is aware of these or not, there are four major sources of fear in the gym which feed balking and lost skills.  In everything that we do, we learn by making mistakes and failing. In most other sports, this learning process is non-eventful. You miss a shot, hit a ball into the […]
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The Importance of Team Building Activities
June 2, 2023
They’re kids. They’ll grow as teammates, but they also have a great opportunity to grow as friends through football. 
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Coaching Youth Baseball Demands You Prioritize Fun for Players
June 2, 2023
The result of the game should be meaningless to you. If you are in it for trophies, resign immediately and let another coach take over. When I asked my old boss how I should grade myself as a youth baseball coach, he said, “That’s easy.  How many kid play next year?  If they all play, […]
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What’s Your Parenting Style: Sherpa, Snowplow or Drone?
June 2, 2023
A sherpa is the guide for the mountain-climbing journey and their goal is to see that the climber reaches the top, or their peak. Are you a sherpa, snowplow or drone parent? I recently read an article, spurred by the recent college admission scandals, that examined these parenting styles. If you haven’t heard about them, catch […]
‘Where It All Started’: Why Saquon Barkley Returned to Penn State to Host Youth Football Camp
June 2, 2023
But the commercials, endorsement deals and fame hasn’t changed the fact that Barkley enjoys returning to his roots. Saquon Barkley heard it all Saturday. You’re my idol. You’re my favorite player. I want to be like you. Barkley — always humble, typically smiling — deflected praise all day at Holuba Hall, where he hosted 600 kids at […]
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How to Start a Peer Mentoring Program for Your Student-Athletes
June 2, 2023
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.
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Ditching One-Upmanship: How to Create Sportsmanship in the Stands
June 2, 2023
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.
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