I was hired by the NFL in 1995 to address the worrisome decline in youth football participation. The remarkable progress we made during that tenure involved setting up a series of programs that not only attracted more kids to play football, but, more importantly, made the game safer to play.
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Focus on injury prevention, wellness earns top mark for Bound Brook High girls basketball, USA Today
Youth sports needs MORE WOMEN coaching girls. Which is not, in any way, shape or form, to suggest or insinuate that co-ed and boys teams (at the recreational and travel levels) do not sorely need more female coaches too: THEY DO.
What if My Child Wants to Play the Same Position As the Coach’s Child?
My son wants to play quarterback on his town youth football team. The coach’s son also covets the position. Some of the dads say my son should forget about playing quarterback if he wants to be on the team.
Does It Create a Sense of Entitlement When My Kid Wears His Jersey to School?
My son’s travel team coach wants the team to wear their jerseys to school. Is this appropriate?
Why Can’t My Child Be Team Captain?
My ten-year-old daughter does not understand why she hasn’t been named team captain in the past four seasons.
Fixing The American Athlete Podcast
The only way to change the youth sports paradigm in America is to influence coaches, parents and kids. They are the key stakeholders—if you’ll forgive the corporate speak.
Are Youth Sports a Societal Panacea? | Huff Post
Many concerned parents have turned to youth sports as a panacea for inactivity, obesity, babysitting or scheduling woes or just to get kids away from screens and digital devices.
A Team Pulls Together
The bottom line: These girls had missed the game-playing stage of play development because of their intense involvement in youth sports from an early age.
Possible Consequences of Quitting Sports
None of us want our children to be quitters. We all want them to socialize with their peers, be a part of a team, and get good exercise.
Is My Child Ready to Play a Certain Position?
From a conditioning perspective, no child, starting pitcher or novice, should take the mound without a well-rounded, carefully executed twenty- to thirty-minute warm-up.