Coaches
From Skill Training to Practices and Games – Today’s Youth Are Still Lacking Strength and Body Awareness
Today's youth athletes are at a great time in this world. They have everything they need to succeed. However, youth athletes are still lacking strength and are deficient in certain [...]
Mental Health in Young Athletes
A recent study of 17,000 adolescent athletes in the USA found that levels of anxiety and depression were higher than before the Covid restrictions and that overall quality of life [...]
How To Prevent Overtraining In Youth Athletes
The term, "Overtraining" frequently gets thrown around by parents, athletes, and coaches. Some individuals have a general understanding of what constitutes overtraining syndrome or what it may even look like, [...]
How Sports Parents Ruin The Car Ride Home
Great sports parents have great timing. There are good times to talk with your son or daughter about the game or practice, and then there are bad times....
4 Strategies to Create a Successful Weight Room Environment
A successful environment must be created by the coaching staff. In a high school weight room, it is easy for things to get out of hand. There must be...
Tips for Balancing School, Sport, and Life
So, you have a young, ambitious student-athlete who’s trying to balance, school, sport, and social life. How can you help them find success and happiness throughout this process? [...]
Tools to Help Parents and Coaches Keep Young Athletes Safe
Every young athlete deserves to be safe, supported, and strengthened. This idea is at the core of what the U.S. Center for SafeSport does in communities across America [...]
Time to Hire Your Own Coach
Behind every great performer, there are great coaches. There is no Jordan without Jackson, no Brady without Belichick, no Tennessee without Summit, and no UCLA basketball without Wooden. Great athletes [...]
Fun Basketball Drills That Improve Court Skills
It is important for basketball players to train hard and practice their skills to improve athletic performance; but practice can still be enjoyable for...
How Coaches Can Help the Mental Health for Youth Athletes Post Covid
Mental health issues were already prevalent among the youth. However, after covid, they spiked alarmingly high. Indeed, the children are not to blame. The kids had no choice but to [...]
