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"Keep going son" is a phrase that is shouted many times when parents want to support their children on the side of a football pitch. Nowadays, parents are highly involved and visible in youth football. With sports such as football providing a public arena for parents to provide immediate and specific feedback to their children, it is important for coaches to understand parents' involvement in competitive youth sport settings

Of all of the decisions parents face regarding their children's future, choosing between shoulder pads or running shoes for their Christmas present seems trivial. Well, according to Kevin Reilly, president of Atlas Sports Genetics, this is a decision you should not take lightly."If you wait until high school or college to find out if you have a good athlete on your hands, by then it will be too late," he said in a recent New York Times interview. "We need to identify these kids from 1 and up, so we can give the parents some guidelines on where to go from there."

Visit any youth soccer field, baseball diamond, basketball court or football field and you will likely see them: parents behaving badly. What is behind this rage?

New coaches can be easily distracted with parents, this is a good over view of things to go over with parents. You need to set the bar right off the bat so they know what you expect and where the boundaries are.

A phone tracker will show you GPS locations, emails, text messages, phone call info and more. Perfect for parents, spouses and business owners.

Anxieties over childrens safety and wellbeing are understandable, and it is only right that parents and teachers are mindful of potential dangers. But children need to be able to take acceptable risks in an environment that allows them to extend their abilities and confidence. If children are deprived of these experiences they will not learn to handle the risks that they are certain to meet as they make their way through life.

According to the Centers for Disease Control, there are as many as 300,000 sports and recreation-related concussions each year in the U.S., yet the diagnosis, immediate treatment and long-term effects are still a mystery to most coaches, parents and even some clinicians. So what i a concussion?

This article describes why coaches and parents should avoid placing too much emphasis on winning in youth sport, and focus more on the process of performance.

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You don't want 'maintaining pool' time taking away from your 'in pool' time. Depending on your pool type, there is a big difference in the time you spend. Time spent maintaining a pool means less time having fun in the pool (or quiet time for parents while the kids swim).

With the 24/7 media coverage of pro sport, sports fans have become accustomed to and somewhat complacent with hearing about athletes and their deviant acts.In fact, new statistics reveal that bad behavior is clearly evident among high school athletes, particularly in high-contact sports.