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And Another One Bites the Dust....
This is a quick follow up to my post from last week about High School coaches resigning in droves. My friend sent me an article about...
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Jun 19, 20243 min read
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Why are High School Coaches Resigning in Droves?
A few days ago, a friend of mine sent me an article about a high school softball coach in Virginia who resigned as coach because the...
oodoe4
Jun 12, 20245 min read
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Background Checks for Volunteer Coaches
While thinking about this week’s blog post I was thinking about writing a follow up to my last week’s article about being flappable vs...
oodoe4
May 29, 20244 min read
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Flappable vs Unflappable
Over the past few weeks, I watched with amazement has Scottie Scheffler and Nelly Korda won major golf tournaments on the PGA and LPGA...
oodoe4
May 15, 20246 min read
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Giving Back to the Less Fortunate
I recently read an article on NorthJersey.com about a young man who is the founder of an organization called “Give and Go Lax.” This...
oodoe4
May 1, 20244 min read
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How Young Athletes and Parents view Winning vs. Fulfillment
Recently, I read a blog by John O’Sullivan that was published in “Coaching, Parenting” called “Winning vs Fulfillment: How Society...
oodoe4
Apr 17, 20244 min read
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The Opening of Spring Sports Season
Spring youth sports season is upon us, and I thought it would make sense to discuss some goals for our young athletes to ensure that they...
oodoe4
Apr 3, 20244 min read
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Confessions of a 12 Year Old Little Leaguer (And they aren't mine...LOLOL)
Two weeks ago, I was reading an article in NJ.com about a small Charter School that was crushing their opponents on their way to a State...
oodoe4
Mar 26, 20244 min read
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The Dilemma of the Costs of Youth Sports
Recently I read an article on NJ.com entitled “This is my way out: Self-taught kicker has the most talent and the longest odds.” The...
oodoe4
Mar 6, 20244 min read
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Tips for First Time Coaches
Recently, I received an email from an organization that I belong to called Positive Coaching Alliance (PCA) entitled “16 Tips for the...
oodoe4
Feb 21, 20246 min read
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Positive Mental Health Aspects of Youth Sports
Positive Mental Health Aspects of Youth Sport In my last blog post I discussed the advantages of youth sports for children and today I...
oodoe4
Feb 7, 20245 min read
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Advantages of Participating in Youth Sports
In the past, many of my blog posts have dealt with what I believe to be the pitfalls of youth sports. · The spiraling cost of youth...
oodoe4
Jan 24, 20243 min read
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The Killing of a Youth Football Coach
This past week I read yet another tragic story regarding youth sports. The brother of former NFL player Aqib Talib, Yaqib Talib, is...
oodoe4
Aug 20, 20223 min read
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A follow up to my earlier blog on the attack on an umpire at a youth baseball game
A few weeks ago, I posted a blog regarding an umpire in New Jersey who was attacked by a youth baseball coach resulting in the umpire’s...
oodoe4
Aug 13, 20224 min read
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Loving our Youth Athletes
Last week, while reading I came across the following quote from Matt Lisle, a baseball coach, who has 16 years of coaching experience in...
oodoe4
Jul 29, 20224 min read
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Why I Coach
This past week while scrolling on Facebook, I came across the following post from Football of Kentucky DBA: · I am a coach because…...
oodoe4
Jul 15, 20224 min read
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The Spiraling Costs of Youth Sports
In the past I have written about the outrageous costs associated with youth sports, well last week NJ.com published a great article...
oodoe4
Jul 8, 20225 min read
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Violence Against Youth Sports Officials
On January 16th I wrote one of my first blogs posts about the treatment of youth sports officials and last week I touched on an incident...
oodoe4
Jun 25, 20223 min read
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More Insights On Youth Sports
This past weekend, while surfing the Internet, I came across the following statement posted by Walter Beede, the founder and Executive...
oodoe4
Jun 17, 20223 min read
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Observations From Different Facebook Posts
As many of you know over the past few weeks I have been sharing different posts regarding youth sports on my Facebook page. These posts...
oodoe4
Jun 3, 20226 min read
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