By Brian Gotta, President of CoachDeck and Supportive Parent We frequently receive letters from parents and coaches asking for advice. Below are representations of two such letters, written about the same child: One from the child’s parent and one from...
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The Most Rewarding Career
By Brian Gotta, President of CoachDeck “Where does the time go?” This was one of my mother’s favorite sayings when I was a child. Now I know what she means. I remember when I was in the grocery and a good...
Comparing in Youth Sports
By Dean Herbert This is the first in a series of articles on motivation and youth. The information is based on actual surveys of youth athletes as well as the sports psychology studies. There are four critical understandings to motivation....
Wooden on Parenting and Coaching
Because our mission at CoachDeck is to improve the quality of volunteer-parent coaching, who better to weigh in on the role of parents as life coaches, than John Wooden?“I think parenting and coaching or teaching are the same thing. And...
Even a Little Praise Can Go a Long Way
By Pam Richmond Champagne"You did quite well, Amy, but I know you can do better." How many parents, when giving praise to their young athlete, kill all the joy out of it by adding the dreaded, "but."Recently I had a...