From setting up team snacks to organizing a telephone tree or car pool, the actions of
youth sports parents help to create positive memories for all children participating.
Below you will find the list of items that I feel are essential
for sports parents to have.
I also want you to have a couple extra resources to help you be the
best sports parent you can be.
Through my dealings with these parents, I've always told myself that I will strive to be the most supportive, most respectful and most
sane sports parent possible.
As lots of
sports parents know, summer does not always mean fun and hanging out by the swimming pool anymore.
Most coaches and
sports parents do not understand this integration piece of the puzzle and I don't blame them.
From talking to
numerous sports parents and coaches and asking them what they ultimately want for their kid through sports, they overwhelmingly say they just want them to be happy.
Maybe one of these 14 unusual sports will do the trick — and you'll become a die -
hard sports parent after all.
Instead, adopt a growth mindset
toward sports parenting so your child models a similar perspective toward sports participation, education, and life in general.
Or maybe your program has implemented new background screening policies for volunteer coaches or child abuse prevention training
for sports parents?
The NAYS Youth
Sports Parent of the Year award is given annually to a NAYS Parent that upholds the NAYS Code of Ethics for Parents.
As sports parents, it is important to slow down long enough from the whirlwind of raising kids to realize just how lucky we are to be able to share with our children the gift of athletics.
Please consider writing a blog, contributing an article, posting on and / or hosting a Forum, or becoming our Youth
Sports Parent expert on cooking on the go.
We invited some old friends and some new ones to share their wisdom about nutrition and offer always on - the -
go sports parents fresh ideas and choices for healthy, easy - to - make breakfasts, lunches, dinners and between - meal snacks for your active children.
Janis B. Meredith's new book, 11 Habits of Happy and
Positive Sports Parents, highlights the importance of providing unconditional love and support — and learning from your mistakes.
KPA Elite Performance is an invaluable resource for
sport parents who are completely committed to doing whatever is necessary to ensure their child does not leave any potential on the table
Heidi Woodard describes how her middle child motivated her to begin an online platform to
help sports parents much like herself keep perspective on the sidelines.
mp3 for your kid (perfect for on the way to the game btw) and the «The 10 Commandments For A
Great Sports Parent» ebook here then pass it on to as many athletes, coaches and parents as you think they will benefit.
PAYS has set a standard for parent orientation programs by providing a video - based training from NAYS (National Alliance Youth Sports) which offers a simple, effective way to make youth
sport parents aware of their roles and responsibilities.
As a youth
sports parent how you choose to approach these often delicate situations can make a big difference in whether your child enjoys a fun and rewarding season or looks to bail out on the sport.
If you have a meal, menu or snack idea or recipe, a way to put a healthy meal on the table for your family before or after an active day, a shortcut or tip that has saved you precious time and money, we hope you will share what you have learned with other Youth
Sports Parents parents.
Our goal is to
provide sports parents, especially moms who do the vast majority of grocery shopping and meal preparation, with meals, recipe and snack ideas for the always - on - the - go family of the 21st century.
Not only is it based on the latest thinking in the rapidly evolving field of concussion evaluation and management and make concussion terminology easy to understand, but, in explaining the short - term and long - term effects of concussion and the concussion management process, Dr. Meehan arms
sports parents with all the information they need in making informed choices about treatment and when it is safe for their child to return to the playing field.
This isn't a blinged - out ride for those who want to roll large, but it isn't a dowdy chariot for
suburban sports parents, either.
God is rendered into the classic
nightmare sports parent whose favor has to be earned, who is always, always, always disappointed in us.
The earliest
pushy sports parents we know of were European — the fathers of Suzanne Lenglen, the French tennis player of the 1920s, and Sonja Henie, the Norwegian figure skater who won Olympic gold in» 28,»32 and» 36.
To be honest, I had given serious thought to cancelling my trip because, as one who has consistently advised
sports parents visiting MomsTeam to cancel or modify youth sports practices and games when the heat index is dangerously high, as I knew it would be last weekend in Virginia, I didn't want to be seen as giving the thumbs up to exactly that; in other words, to talking the talk, but not walking the walk.
With the spring sports season beginning, here are fifteen
ways sports parents can help their young athlete be safe and injury - free.