Issues & Advice

Join Raising Athletes podcast host and author, Kirsten Jones as she interviews Brett MacKinnon, SVP & General Manager of SportsEngine diving into the values youth sports brings to families across the U.S.

Girls that develop athlete identities with support are more likely to stay in sports through their lives. Here are age-oriented tips for getting and keeping girls in the game.

Follow these four actions to foster a sport experience where every girl feels respected, included, and engaged.

Deborah Gilboa, MD, has seven tips for best handling resistance from your team or your coach when you have to make decisions in a leadership role.

Designing youth sports programs with girls central and in mind is key to making youth sports welcoming, equitable, and positive for all. Check out these nine tips!

Sanya Richards-Ross is a world champion and olympic gold medalist in track & field. Sanya credits many of her hardest lessons to struggles that she was able to overcome throughout her experience in sports.

Athletes at all levels make mistakes, from youth to professional players. What makes a good competitor stand out is how they deal with and learn from those mistakes.

Board-certified family physician and TrueSport Expert Deborah Gilboa, MD, shares strategies for reducing resistance and building athlete buy-in.

As athletes develop, the coaching strategies required to most effectively mentor them do too.

In this video, Randy Nathan, PCA Trainer (over 640 workshops) and author of "Bullying in Sports: The Injuries We Don't See," encourages athletes to act as upstanders by applying their leadership skills both on and off the field.