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      Tag: athlete


      • Validate USA Hockey Numbers With Teamsnap

        Mar 08 2021

        Validate USA Hockey Numbers With Teamsnap

        By: Marika Dasbach

        If you’re a hockey parent, spring means helping your kids balance hockey games and practices with tryouts, registrations, renewing USA Hockey memberships, and to top it all off, the approaching…

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      • Celebrating the Black Athletes Who Inspire Us at TeamSnap

        Feb 01 2021

        Celebrating the Black Athletes Who Inspire Us at TeamSnap

        By: Marika Dasbach

        February marks Black History Month, a time to reflect on the significant roles that Black Americans and African-Americans have played in shaping U.S. history. At TeamSnap, we want to celebrate…

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      • National Women & Girls in Sports Day – Call For Stories

        Jan 19 2021

        National Women & Girls in Sports Day – Call For Stories

        By: Marika Dasbach

        February 3, 2021, is the 35th Annual National Girls & Women in Sports Day. This moment inspires girls and women to own their inner and outer strength while understanding the…

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      • Finding Motivation in the Little Things: An Important Practice For Athletes

        Jun 23 2020

        Finding Motivation in the Little Things: An Important Practice For Athletes

        By: TeamSnap

        With social distancing practices, staying motivated is not the easiest thing to do. For athletes in particular, it can be challenging to adjust to at-home practices and other new restrictions…

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      • Jan 17 2019

        2 Facts That Will Transform Your Sports Parenting

        By: Janis B. Meredith

        Finding the right teams, coaches, private training, and equipment are important tasks for sports parents as they strive to help their kids reach their potential in sports. But as parents…

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      • Aug 08 2018

        How to Prepare Your Child for a New Year

        By: Janis B. Meredith

        As a new school year gets underway, your children may face changes. Do they have a new coach? New school? New teacher? Children react differently to change. One may have…

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      • Aug 08 2018

        Start Your New Season With These 10 Winning Attitudes!

        By: Janis B. Meredith

        Back to school means back to school sports, or maybe it’s back to fall travel sports for your child. To give your child the best chance for success and to…

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      • Jul 09 2018

        A Three Step Teamwork Blueprint for the Adults in Youth Sports

        By: Janis B. Meredith

        No one will argue that teamwork is what makes a team great. Spend some time hanging around successful teams and I’m pretty sure you will sense true camaraderie between players….

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      • Jul 09 2018

        When Your Child Wants to Give Up

        By: Janis B. Meredith

        One of the hardest things for me as a sports mom was watching my kids get discouraged. It would happen after they’d worked hard to win a starting spot, a…

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      • May 24 2018

        In Search of the Playmaker’s Advantage

        By: Dan Peterson

        This is the first of a three-part book excerpt from The Playmaker’s Advantage, available wherever books are sold. By Daniel Peterson and Leonard Zaichkowsky, Ph.D. How hard could it be?…

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      • Apr 19 2018

        Tracking The Next Generation of World Cup Soccer Players

        By: Dan Peterson

        In June, when the world’s best men’s soccer teams kickoff World Cup 2018, we will be painfully reminded that Team USA will not be among them for the first time…

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      • Apr 09 2018

        3 Ways To Challenge Your Athlete

        By: Janis B. Meredith

        There is nothing more frustrating than standing on the sidelines or sitting in the bleachers, helplessly watching your child make mistakes and play half-heartedly. The desire that many sports parents…

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      • Apr 08 2018

        How Your Child Can Lead Even When They are Not in Charge

        By: Janis B. Meredith

        Life teaches us that the authority to lead and the chance to lead go hand-in-hand. Your kids may feel that when they’re given the authority—as team captain or co-captain—then they…

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      • Apr 08 2018

        7 Core Values of Youth Sports

        By: Janis B. Meredith

        Every now and then we all need reminders of what youth sports is really all about. Use these core values as that reminder and never forget that youth sports are really about…

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      • Youth Sports Parents | Sleep Deprivation Deprives Kids of More Than Just Sleep

        Sep 20 2011

        Youth Sports Parents | Sleep Deprivation Deprives Kids of More Than Just Sleep

        By: Emily Cohen

        The date: June 24, 2011. The time: 3pm. The scene: The Panama City airport. Between waiting for our two-hour-delayed-and-counting flight back to San Francisco (via a connection in Houston) and…

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      • How Can You Help Athletes to Feel More Confident and Perform Better in Sports?

        Mar 22 2011

        How Can You Help Athletes to Feel More Confident and Perform Better in Sports?

        By: Margaux Viola

        Interacting with our customers on a daily basis, I have the pleasure of talking to coaches, team moms and dads, league administrators, managers, and sports parents. Everyone has their own…

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