Category: Sports Parents
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7 Ways to Boost the Back-to-School Sports Experience
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How to Prevent Victim Mentality in the Young Athlete
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How to Raise Speak-Up Athletes
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Youth Sports Success: Two Hurdles and How to Clear Them
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Expectations: How High Should They Be?
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How to Communicate with Your Child’s Coach
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Sports Parenting: How to Avoid Creating a Sense of Entitlement
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How to Find the Youth Sports-Life Balance
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4 Expectations Sports Parents Should Let Go
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2 Facts That Will Transform Your Sports Parenting
Finding the right teams, coaches, private training, and equipment are important tasks for sports parents as they strive to help their kids reach their potential in sports. But as parents…
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What’s Your Sports Parenting Plan for 2019?
As you start a new year, I’m sure you have already done some planning. Maybe you’ve set financial goals, fitness goals or career goals. But have you established a sports…
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How Your Child’s Team Can Give Back
One of the best ways for your child to learn about being a team player–besides on their youth sports team–is by working with others to serve people in their community….
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5 Facts About Concussions
Few health-related topics are discussed in the news today as frequently as sports-related concussions. Even still, misconceptions are widespread, and the most common facts remain largely unknown. In the youth…
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5 Things That Over-Functioning Sports Parents Do
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What Is There to Celebrate During a Hard Season?
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How to Prepare Your Child for a New Year
As a new school year gets underway, your children may face changes. Do they have a new coach? New school? New teacher? Children react differently to change. One may have…
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Teach Your Children the Fun and Safe Way to Have a Sports Rivalry
Sports and rivalries go hand-in-hand. The contests and the histories between teams can unite communities and inspire athletes to do their best. But sometimes fans lose perspective and rivalries…
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How Coaches and Parents Can Work Together
Parents and coaches do not have to agree on everything to be partners. They merely need to remember that they are both on the same side when it comes to…
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3 Ways To Challenge Your Athlete
There is nothing more frustrating than standing on the sidelines or sitting in the bleachers, helplessly watching your child make mistakes and play half-heartedly. The desire that many sports parents…
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How Your Child Can Lead Even When They are Not in Charge
Life teaches us that the authority to lead and the chance to lead go hand-in-hand. Your kids may feel that when they’re given the authority–as team captain or co-captain–then they…
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7 Core Values of Youth Sports
Every now and then we all need reminders of what youth sports is really all about. Use these core values as that reminder and never forget that youth sports are really about…
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4 Mindset Shifts That Will Change the Way You Watch Your Child Play
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5 Ways to Support Your Child in Sports
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Show up but Zip It, Says Sports Parent Expert Nicole LaVoi

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4 Truths About Your Child’s Long-Term Success in Youth Sports
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Parents’ Actions Impact Coaches’ Decisions
It started with me asking, “which one is your son?” and ended sometime later having uttered five sentences, at most. By then I was well versed on how incredibly gifted…
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7 Core Values of Youth Sports
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What your child’s coach wants you to know
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4 Truths That Will Radically Change Your Sports Parenting
You show up to your child’s game and sit down to enjoy the game and the beautiful day. Suddenly the serenity is pierced by the sound of a parent hollering…
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A Parent’s Guide to College Recruiting
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10 Ways to Encourage Your Athlete Without Being Pushy
Motivated by the desire to encourage your athlete, you may find yourself resorting to tactics that could be perceived as controlling or pushy without realizing it. It’s easy to fall into…
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Pressure in Youth Sports: Protect Kids or Teach Them to Deal With It?
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Are You Willing to Take the Pledge?
During his 29 years of coaching, my husband did his best to minimize parent problems during the season. Every year in a pre-season parent meeting, he explained his coaching philosophy….
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Balance: The Foundation of Success
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5 Things That Should Be Part of Every Kid’s Hockey Experience
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5 ROIs You Should Be Getting From Youth Sports
Parents pour millions of dollars into youth sports each year. Many hope the ROI (return on investment) will be a college scholarship for their young athlete. But many will never…
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Back to Sports! A 6-Step Guide to Surviving the Extracurricular Sports Scramble
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5 Time-Saving Tips for Busy Sports Parents
Busyness is the unavoidable byproduct of the youth sports lifestyle. For sports parents, time is a premium commodity. If you’re looking for more hours in the day, I’m afraid you’re…
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Are You Being Unrealistic About Your Young Athlete’s Talent?
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Top 3 Tips to Save Big When the Season Starts
Sorry to be Captain Obvious, but youth sports are expensive. You’ve got to pay for registration fees, equipment, drinks, snacks–and don’t forget there’s always someone who insists on having only organic…
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Is Your Child’s Coach Playing Favorites?
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The ABCDs of Being a Happy Sports Parent
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The Socioeconomics of Travel Sports: Are They for Kids or Parents?
Travel sports are all too often a socioeconomic status symbol for parents. For those that truly believe it’s the best thing for their eight, nine and 10 year olds, it’s…
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How to Unlock Your Young Athlete’s Potential
Pressuring your young athlete to realize their potential is not an effective parenting strategy. But parents fall into that habit because they so desperately want to see their children succeed. There…
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The Importance of Self-Confidence and Self-Efficacy
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3 Secrets to Being a Sensible Youth Sports Spectator
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Questions Sports Parents Should Ask Before Saying Yes to Travel Sports
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5 Tips on How to Build Team Chemistry
Recently, 2014 World Cup Golden Boot Award winner James Rodriguez ended an underwhelming three year spell with soccer club Real Madrid. Oddly enough, he immediately returned to his 2014 form…
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What to Look for in a Youth Sports Team
If you’re a parent, you’re probably picky about your kids’ doctors, schools and teachers. Shouldn’t you be just as particular about your child’s youth sports team? Don’t jump on board…
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The Best Healthy Snacks for Kids Before, During and After the Big Game
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Replace Frustration with Knowledge
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Youth Sports Lessons from the NBA Summer League
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Don’t Buy the Almonds: Teaching Young Athletes Responsibility
Don’t you love this time of year? It feels like you’ve just packed away the equipment, yet it’s already time for another season of school, fundraisers and new friends. Let’s…
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Should Kids Get Trophies for Participation?
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How to Not Let Crazy Sports Parents Get to You
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How to Teach Kids to Sprint Correctly
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To Play or Not to Play
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Confessions of a Crybaby
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4 Signs That Your Child is Having Fun in Youth Sports
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The Gift of Summer Break
Can you believe it’s June already and summer is just around the corner? I love these days when supper moves from the kitchen to the back deck and flip flops…
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The Purpose of Youth Sports: It’s All About Perspective
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Tips for the Car Ride Home
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15 Intangible Ways to Show Support for Your Athlete
Although your young athlete may not express it–or may not even know how to express it–he or she needs you for more than the tangibles you provide. The tangibles are…
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When Raising Young Athletes, Think Long Term
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Baseball Field Maintenance Tips For Coaches And Volunteers
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The Top 5 Biggest Mistakes Youth Sports Parents Make
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Managing Expectations
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When in Doubt, Sit Them Out: Concussion Safety Tips for Parents
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Dealing with Difficult Parents on the Sidelines
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A Brief Overview of Concussion Safety
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How to Create a Positive Sport Experience from the Sidelines
About a year ago, I wrote an open letter to parents about the importance of respecting referees. The positive response I received was amazing, not to mention a few nods…
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Making the Team: A Parent’s Role
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Concussions: More Than a Bump on the Head
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How to Ease Sports Parenting Stress
If you really want to help your young athlete succeed, grow and develop, then I have three simple suggestions: Simmer down, surrender, and see the little things. Simmer Down When…
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5 Questions to Ask Your Young Athlete’s Coach Before You Commit
You’ve done your research and you’ve decided to get your young ballplayer into youth baseball. You’ve checked with friends around town, so you know about the local programs and what they…
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How You Can Help Your Young Athlete Fight the Playing Time Battle
There reaches a point in youth sports when equal playing time is no longer assumed. Once kids reach the age where playing time is not automatic, the fight will ensue…
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6 Tips to Help Coaches Teach Parents About LTAD
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TeamSnap’s Advice for New Sports Parents
Being a parent is hard. Being the parent of a young athlete is even harder. So if your young athlete is just getting started with youth sports, you’d probably appreciate…
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What To Do With Sports Gear Your Kids Have Outgrown
If your kids play an organized sport, it’s only natural to purchase new equipment as they grow and becomes more skilled. After all, how fast can a child run in…
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Scheduling Hacks for Parents
If you’re a parent, coach or team manager, keeping your schedule straight is essential. But when you’ve got multiple kids playing multiple sports, that might be easier said than done….
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Failure: The Secret to Success
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Stop Using ‘Play Like a Girl’ as an Insult & Celebrate Instead
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Why Hockey Might Be Right for Your Young Athlete
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The Top 3 TeamSnap Soccer Hacks
Does your young athlete play soccer? Are you looking for tips on how to save time with their busy schedule? Andrea Benton from Raisingboys.TV is here to help. A mother…
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How Young Athletes Can Stop Choking Under Pressure
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How To Encourage Your Child To Play Multiple Sports
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How to Adjust to a Loud Coach
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Are Youth Sports Worth the Investment?
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In Support of Excellence: Single-Sport Specialization Isn’t a Bad Thing
For some time now, we’ve been reading articles, blogs and op-eds about kids (and their parents) spending an inordinate amount of time and money on a single sport. We read…
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3 Not-So-Secret Keys to Find the Right Youth Hockey Stick
I can remember every single hockey stick I’ve ever used. Honest. There was the flat-bladed old school Bauer when I was six years old and still discovering whether I was…
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Do You Know What to Do if Your Young Athlete Gets a Concussion?
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4 Common Mistakes to Avoid When Buying New Hockey Equipment
September is the busiest month of the year in the world of ice hockey. Maybe it’s busy for field and table hockey too, but up here in Western Canada, the…
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TeamSnap Sponsors Positive Coaching Alliance’s Double-Goal Coach® Award
At TeamSnap, we love coaches. We know they are some of the most important people in our kids’ lives. Not just because they teach how to win and lose gracefully…
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What Is Performance Anxiety And What Can We Do About It?
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Sports Parents Yesterday vs. Today
As a former coach with well over 30 years of experience helping young people learn to play soccer and learn life lessons on the field, I’ve seen some changes over…
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3 Signs of a Healthy Team
As a former collegiate and professional athlete and an athletic trainer, I’ve seen it all when it comes to team dynamics. I’ve seen great teams that stick together, support each…
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15 Signs That Your Child is Physically Literate
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Personal Goals = Team Success: Guaranteed!
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3 Ways Open Communication Improves the Youth Sports Experience
The dynamics between players, coaches and parents have become notoriously difficult to manage–and understandably so. The complexity that results from the intermingling of these relationships is due to the very…
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5 Ways to Encourage Team Building in Youth Baseball
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