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Tag: parents


  • How Sports Organizations Can Successfully Run Summer Camps

    May 17 2022

    How Sports Organizations Can Successfully Run Summer Camps

    By: Celia Balf

    The question most sports organizations get throughout the year is: Are you planning on holding any summer camps? The answer for most successful sports clubs and leagues is typically yes….

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  • Six Beginner Tips For Visualization

    May 13 2022

    Six Beginner Tips For Visualization

    By: Celia Balf

    Visualization is a tool many athletes use to improve their sports performance. Visualization refers to the mental image of something. It’s become a common way for athletes to prepare for…

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  • Tips for Beginners: Baseball

    Apr 10 2022

    Tips for Beginners: Baseball

    By: Celia Balf

    “There are three things that America will be known for 2,000 years from now: the Constitution, jazz music, and Baseball. They’re the three most beautifully designed things this culture’s ever…

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  • How Youth Sports Clubs Can Better Utilize Video

    Apr 07 2022

    How Youth Sports Clubs Can Better Utilize Video

    By: Celia Balf

    Youth sports clubs are finding ways to implement video as a marketing tool, but also as a way to improve player development. With the advancement in video capabilities from VEO,…

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  • How Coaches Can Successfully Talk To Parents About Playing Time

    Mar 24 2022

    How Coaches Can Successfully Talk To Parents About Playing Time

    By: Sarah Kostin

    Many youth athletic coaches dread the “playing time” conversation at any level of play. In fact, some coaches create a hard fast rule that they don’t have conversations about playing…

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  • How To Prevent Bullying On Your Youth Sports Teams

    Mar 22 2022

    How To Prevent Bullying On Your Youth Sports Teams

    By: Sarah Kostin

    Whether you are a coach or a parent on a youth athletic team, you can help to prevent bullying. At the start of the season, begin a discussion about bullying….

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  • How To Create A Culture of Open And Honest Communication In Your Youth Sports Club Or League

    Mar 21 2022

    How To Create A Culture of Open And Honest Communication In Your Youth Sports Club Or League

    By: Sarah Kostin

    Building relationships with your team is the most important thing you can do as a coach. Relationships and trust are built through consistent communication with the team. The team includes…

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  • Five Tips for Successful Tryouts

    Mar 09 2022

    Five Tips for Successful Tryouts

    By: Faith Walls

    Operating tryouts for your youth sports club can be daunting. If not planned correctly, an exciting, hope-filled day can turn into an organizational nightmare. Try these five tips to prepare…

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  • How Technology Is Changing The Landscape Of Youth Sports

    Mar 08 2022

    How Technology Is Changing The Landscape Of Youth Sports

    By: Faith Walls

    Technology is keeping people more connected than ever before. It is changing the youth sports landscape and revolutionizing communication and collaboration for the entire community. As with any change, technology…

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  • 5 Easy Ways to Find Balance During the Holiday Rush

    Dec 06 2021

    5 Easy Ways to Find Balance During the Holiday Rush

    By: Alison Kresta

    It’s no secret the holiday season can be the busiest of the year. Here are five ways to help you keep life balanced—and easy.

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  • Helping Sports Kids Take Responsibility for Their Confidence

    May 26 2021

    Helping Sports Kids Take Responsibility for Their Confidence

    By: TeamSnap

    Confidence is the single most important asset young athletes bring to sports. However, too often, kids expect confidence to simply come to them from positive results—rather than proactively working to…

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  • Encouraging Athletes: The Importance of Positive Self-Talk

    May 13 2021

    Encouraging Athletes: The Importance of Positive Self-Talk

    By: TeamSnap

    Young athletes carry on an inner dialogue with themselves in sports. It reflects how they think about themselves. For example, they might tell themselves they’re too small, too slow, or…

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  • 2021 Regional Double-goal Coach® Award Winners Presented By Teamsnap & Positive Coaching Alliance

    Mar 03 2021

    2021 Regional Double-goal Coach® Award Winners Presented By Teamsnap & Positive Coaching Alliance

    By: TeamSnap

    TeamSnap and the Positive Coaching Alliance partnered up to give out the Double-Goal Coach® Award, which celebrates the coaches, administrators, and team parents that have contributed to the success of…

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  • 4 Healthy Habits for Kids in the New Year

    Jan 04 2021

    4 Healthy Habits for Kids in the New Year

    By: TeamSnap

    New Year’s resolutions can be hard to keep but habits? They’re doable—and science proves it. Here are four habits for every young athlete and ways to make them stick.

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  • Identifying Sports Kids Top Confidence Killers: Part II

    Aug 01 2020

    Identifying Sports Kids Top Confidence Killers: Part II

    By: TeamSnap

    Award-winning parenting writer Lisa Cohn and Youth Sports Psychology expert Dr. Patrick Cohn are co-founders of The Ultimate Sports Parent. In our last article, we discussed the top five confidence…

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  • Identifying the Top Confidence Killers: Part One

    Jul 06 2020

    Identifying the Top Confidence Killers: Part One

    By: TeamSnap

    An 11-year-old basketball player says that he loses confidence when his parents bring all 10 members of his extended family to watch his games. He feels pressure to perform well,…

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  • What to Know About Cardio for Kids

    Feb 17 2020

    What to Know About Cardio for Kids

    By: Sara Lindberg

    Learn how much aerobic exercise is healthful, and how to do it right.

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  • Winning in Youth Sports

    Jan 11 2020

    Winning in Youth Sports

    By: Janis B. Meredith

    It’s been said that ‘winning isn’t everything,’ especially when it comes to youth sports. Here’s how to maintain perspective.

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  • Expectations: How High Should They Be?

    Jun 13 2019

    Expectations: How High Should They Be?

    By: Janis B. Meredith

    How hard should you push young kids when it comes to sports? It’s a dilemma for many parents. On one hand, you want children to learn about hard work, and…

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  • 12 Things You Can Do With the 12 Hours a Week TeamSnap Saves You

    Jun 07 2019

    12 Things You Can Do With the 12 Hours a Week TeamSnap Saves You

    By: Lisa Hope

    The No. 1 reason our customers say they use TeamSnap is because it saves them a ton of time. Did you know coaches and team managers save an average of…

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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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  • Jan 10 2019

    What’s Your Sports Parenting Plan for 2019?

    By: Janis B. Meredith

    As you start a new year, I’m sure you have already done some planning. Maybe you’ve set financial goals, fitness goals or career goals. But have you established a sports…

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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 4 Mindset Shifts That Will Change the Way You Watch Your Child Play

    Mar 15 2018

    4 Mindset Shifts That Will Change the Way You Watch Your Child Play

    By: Janis B. Meredith

    Conventional wisdom tells us to focus on the things that we can change, not on the things we can’t. In youth sports, that’s a tough one for parents because there’s…

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  • Show up but Zip It, Says Sports Parent Expert Nicole LaVoi


    Mar 09 2018

    Show up but Zip It, Says Sports Parent Expert Nicole LaVoi


    By: Jaime Neefs

    When Nicole LaVoi tells people that she studies youth sports parents, she often receives a chuckle in response. It’s an area of study that’s growing as communities work to ensure a…

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  • Stop Using ‘Play Like a Girl’ as an Insult & Celebrate Instead

    Dec 02 2016

    Stop Using ‘Play Like a Girl’ as an Insult & Celebrate Instead

    By: TeamSnap

    I don’t know when the phrase “like a girl” became an insult. We’ve all heard things like: “Wow, you run like a girl.” “Ha, she totally fights like a girl.”…

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