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Teach Your Kids Sportsmanship

If more parents focused on character over performance, then we would not need signs like this.

Adolescence, Character, Coaching, Family, Growing Up, Parent, Parenting, Sports, sportsmanship, Youth Sports

The Distance Run

I coach middle school cross country, which is not a glamorous job, but it is uniquely rewarding. For young distance … More

Adolescence, Coaching, Growing Up, Hard Work, Kids, Maturing, Parenting, Perseverence, Resiliency, Sacrifices, Sports, Teens, Youth Sports

Connect With Your Young Teen

First Connect, Then Guide The best parents are the ones who are deeply connected with their children and offer support … More

Activities, Adolescence, Balance, Book, Children, Communication, Education, Family, Family Life, Friends, Growing Up, Home, Independence, Kids, Love, Maturing, Parent, Parenting, Perseverence, Preteens, Relationship, Resiliency, Role Models, Significance, Sports, Success, Teenagers, Teens, Young Teens, Youth Sports

Middle School Sports – The Good Stuff

Adolescence, Encouraging, Growing Up, Maturing, Middle School, Relationship, Sports, Youth Sports

Good Sports

Football is just a sport. However, it is a platform for parents and coaches to teach some of life’s most … More

Adolescence, Christianity, Coaching, Community, Education, Sports, Teens, Youth Sports

Failure’s Top Ten List

1.  Not Everybody Gets A Trophy Somewhere along the line we became a society that preached instant gratification. Like a … More

Adolescence, Balance, Christianity, Coaching, Communication, Education, Failure, Growing Up, Hard Work, Independence, Kids, Maturing, Parenting, Perseverence, Significance, Sports, Teens, Work, Youth Sports

Kindness Matters

Now and then, the tables are turned, and an everyday kid doing a good deed gets some attention. Let’s all … More

Adolescence, Christianity, Coaching, Encouraging, Faith, Growing Up, Kids, Maturing, Serving, Sports, sportsmanship, Youth Sports

Youth Sports is a Means to a Greater End

Every parent of an athletic child wonders if their kid has a shot at the big time.  Well, let’s look … More

Activities, Adolescence, Balance, Education, Growing Up, Sports, Success, Youth Sports

Our Friend, Failure

I once heard a speaker named Dan Miller at an educator’s conference tell the audience about how he learned to … More

Activities, Adolescence, Encouraging, Failure, Hard Work, Perfectionism, Perseverence, Positive Attitude, Sacrifices, School, Sports, Success, Youth Sports

Beyond Beauty and Athletics

Athletic talent is instant karma for the social status of any young man.  In modern American mythology, the quarterback is … More

Beauty, Growing Up, Maturing, Media, Role Models, Sports, Success, Teens, Youth Sports

Liars, Cheaters, and Role Models

This week on the car radio, I overheard the most obnoxious sports radio talk show host furiously ranting and raving … More

Coaching, Growing Up, Maturing, Role Models, Sacrifices, Sports, Youth Sports

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