By Brian Gotta, President of CoachDeck An article written in the USA Today entitled, Fixing Kids’ Sports: Why The Fun is Gone & The Players Are Quitting….What You Can Do, brought to light some very interesting pieces of information. Summarized by Richard...
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What helped you the most?
By Brian Gotta, President of CoachDeck My first job out of college was with a large sales organization and I was fortunate enough to be working in the same division as a truly remarkable, venerable icon of the company who...
Canadian soccer league says winning by more than five means you lose
In an effort to encourage sportsmanship, a Canadian soccer league has come under fire for implementing a rule that causes any team that wins by more than five goals to automatically forfeit their game. Critics of the rule say that...
Baseball team parent checklist
This checklist is modified from one we found on the Morgan Hill Pony website. Some or all may apply to your league. Prepare Player RosterNames/phone numbers of players and parentsEmail distribution list of all parents Assist in Assigning VolunteersScorekeeperSnack Shack...
Sports Participation and Success in Life
A follow-up to our earlier post on the correlation to playing sports and success in life, this by our regular contributor, Dean Herbert. Sports psychology has some interesting findings about athletes and the effect of participation in sports. Much of...