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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...
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Mar 6, 20244 min read
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...
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Feb 21, 20246 min read
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...
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Feb 7, 20245 min read
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...
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Jan 24, 20243 min read
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...
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Aug 20, 20223 min read
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...
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Aug 13, 20224 min read
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...
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Jul 29, 20224 min read
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…...
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Jul 15, 20224 min read
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...
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Jul 8, 20225 min read
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...
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Jun 25, 20223 min read
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...
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Jun 17, 20223 min read
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...
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Jun 3, 20226 min read
Why Am I Doing This?
I ’m going to take a quick break this week from writing about the American Development Model, parents overspending for their children’s...
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May 20, 20226 min read
The ADM Continued
I would like to make a correction to my blog post of April 30. In that post I stated that the United States Olympic and Paralympic...
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May 13, 20224 min read
The American Development Model
As I stated last week, this week’s post will be dedicated to discussing the five stages of the American development model (ADM). But...
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Apr 29, 20226 min read
The American Development Model
The American Development Model (ADM), what is it? Where does it come from? Is it a model that we should consider using with our youth...
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Apr 22, 20224 min read
Discussing Youth Sports Models
Over the past few weeks, I’ve written about the fact that there are different youth sports models around the world, but what does this...
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Apr 15, 20225 min read
Some Random Thoughts on Youth Sports
I don’t have a formal blog this week as I’ve been doing some research and reading on some subjects for future posts dealing with...
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Apr 8, 20223 min read
Looking at Different Youth Sports Models
Over the past few weeks, I have written blog posts on a number of subjects including the treatment of game officials, parental spending...
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Apr 1, 20224 min read
Random Thoughts on Youth Sports
This past Sunday, after my NCAA bracket was busted by St. Peter’s wins over Kentucky and Murray State and Richmond University beating...
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Mar 25, 20224 min read
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