Sentences with phrase «youth coaches really»

«Youth coaches really do have a huge impact on the kids that they interact with,» says Poppinga, who enjoyed an eight - year NFL career and is the author of The True Spirit of Competition.

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As a youth soccer player, I think I had really good coaches, really good role models that taught me a lot about professionalism and taking care of myself and I feel like I did that early on.

apparently the data that the program was based on to begin with was flawed, and moreover youth coaches (even those that are certified) don't really follow the program anyway.

Here's a radical suggestion if we really want to improve the national team's chances, why not invest in proper coaches at youth level where we're currently outnumbered by about 5,000 in both Germany and Spain.

I was really interested in hearing how exactly they proposed to do that, especially in terms of changing the macho culture of the sport and breaking the «code of silence» that continues to prompt players at every level of football, whether it be N.F.L., college, high school or youth - to hide concussion symptoms in order to stay in the game and avoid being perceived as somehow letting their coach, their teammates, or their parents down.

I now know what it feels like to be that youth athlete trying his or her best, only to be yelled at by the coach or captain, who really doesn't know any more than most of the players.

There are really no good reasons to not apply - and if you are invited into the final round, you will be able to use the Excellence Award process to further promote your organization's efforts to offer high quality youth sports experiences since we require that you have parents, volunteers, coaches and anyone affiliated with the program complete an online survey about the program.

Officially, Engh founded the organization in 1981, but it was born from decades of witnessing parents and volunteer coaches physically and emotionally abusing children, validating their worth based on their child's performance and trampling the true purpose of what youth sports are really about: providing positive and safe environments for learning valuable life lessons and developing a passion for life - long physical activity.

The book delves into how competition can be incredibly life enriching for young athletes when it's handled properly by volunteer coaches and parents; and how it can be ultra destructive and smother the fun when adults forget who youth sports are really for.

As a coach's wife for three decades and the mom of three who participated in sports from early childhood through college, she's seen it all when it comes to youth sports: the really good, the painfully bad — and everything in - between.

Have you ever wondered what kind of impact your volunteer youth sports coaches are really having on the children participating in your programs?

Students can become involved in tutoring or peer counseling, prepare meals for local food kitchens, coach youth sports, join community clean - up and fix - up projects... There really is a program for every student.