Stretching and chatting build team especially for girls
Recovery. Every athlete needs it. Suzy Germain says it’s missing from her son’s topnotch team and that’s taking a toll.
Wayne Goldsmith, in his January 4th blog post, has a great mnemonic to help us think about how recovery – that is, time off from sport-specific [...]
Work and Recovery are Essential to Hi...
Stretching and chatting build team especially for girls
Recovery. Every athlete needs it. Suzy Germain says it’s missing from her son’s topnotch team and that’s taking a toll.
Wayne Goldsmith, in his January 4th blog post, has a great mnemonic to help us think about how recovery – that is, time off from sport-specific [...]
What Are the Chances Your Kid Will Pl...
Suzy Germain, Championship player and coach
When Suzy Germain and her freshman class (1980) teammates were recruited by Anson Dorrance to play for the UNC Tarheels, they were a force to be reckoned with. Describing it, Suzy says, “Practice was a battle. We took over every starting position. We knew we were better.” She says this [...]
New Year’s Resolution Preventio...
Here are the top ten new year’s resolutions according to about.com. Is yours on this list?
Spend more time with family and friends
Fit in Fitness
Tame the Bulge
Quit Smoking
Enjoy Life More
Quit Drinking
Get out of Debt
Learn Something New
Help Others
Get Organized
So many of us look to the new year with a resolution in hand. We want [...]
Fail More, But Try to Avoid Mistakes
Team gathers for post game chat
Many girls, by nature, are tentative. Go ahead. Watch the U7 boys play. They throw themselves into the game, into their opponent, get whistled for rough play. Then watch the girls. They fight over offering the other player the ball. A whole new species.
Girls are tentative, not necessarily because they are bei [...]
Suzy Germain on “the Coach-Athl...
One of the hardest issues for kids in today’s competitive youth sports setting is playing time. No one likes to spend time on the bench; the fun is in playing the game. But, the more competitive the team, the more important the win. Coaches whose jobs and reputation depend on fielding a winning team play their starters. Maybe only their [...]
Suzy Germain Says We Need to Give Kid...
Here’s a riddle:
What do you call something you do almost every day, all week, year round? … work, right?
What do we call it when our kids do it? … sports. Is anyone laughing?
Neither are our kids. They’re paying the price in exhaustion, stress, injury, and burnout. The scenario sounds very much like the popular docume [...]
Youth Sports: What Happens When Money...
How much is your kid worth? Surely, there’s no answer to that question; they’re priceless. But what I am seeing in youth sports clubs lately makes me think that priceless is getting more expensive. We’re paying for them to do everything and at younger ages. The gear, the fees, the uniforms, and the professional trainers.
A f [...]
Legacy of Joe Paterno: Hold All Coach...
If you Google ”coach” today, you’ll find the debacle of ex-coach Joe Paterno. But below this (after Coach handbags) you’ll land not on “sport coaching” but on personal or life coaching. These are people who will help you achieve your personal and professional goals. The word, I’m told, originated from [...]
Bishop’s Titans: Girls Soccer C...
The CYA Titans, U18 Girls: Proud of what they've accomplished together
Lisa Bishop started coaching the CYA Titans when they were pint-sized and grew them into the girls who graduated high school this fall. So how do you say goodbye to girls who have been family for nearly a decade? You take them on a service trip to Costa Rica where they [...]
Team Tie-dye Bonds Girls into a Winni...
The first four girls tied and dyed, but have to wait 24 hours to see how it'll look.
A dozen girls from the CSC Inferno were tie-dying t-shirts in my driveway last weekend.
This weekend, they recorded their sixth win in as many games. They’re undefeated in the division of the Old Dominion Soccer League.
Now, I’m not taking cre [...]
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