By Brian Gotta, President of CoachDeck Years ago, my son was on his high school Freshman football team. At 4’11”, 95 pounds, he was strictly a “fifth quarter” player. The fifth quarter was when all of the kids who hadn’t...
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When Parents Go Too Far
By Dr. Alan Goldberg Parents initially get involved in their children's sports with the hopes that they can help their son or daughter have a rewarding and successful life experience. In general, they hope that their child will have fun,...
Sports Parents Need Mental Training Too
By Drs. Lisa and Patrick Cohn As a sports psychology expert, I often work very closely with my students’ parents when I provide one-on-one mental coaching for young athletes. That’s because it helps me—and my students--when parents are knowledgeable about...
Life Lessons
By Rocky Harmon The phone rings. It is a soccer parent, and they have a complaint. It seems that Julie played only half of yesterday's game. And to make matters worse, the coach played her in defense instead of up...
These parents must be proud
Way to go parents of a youth baseball game at Newport Harbor, CA. You have joined the long list of bad examples of parental conduct in sports.