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Parents Must Feel Empowered to Make Youth Soccer Better
The mission of Soccer Parenting is to Inspire Players by Empowering Parents. While I understand this can be a confusing statement for parents and a potentially objectionable statement for coaches, I was
Read MoreFunctional Movement & ACL Prevention and Recovery with Chris Gorres
Earlier this week we welcomed Chris Gorres (TrainerGorres.com) to Soccer Parenting for an hour long interview about some important topics for parents to be more aware of:Functional Movement for Injury
Read MoreThe Importance of Small Sided Soccer Games, Equal Playing Time for All, and Not Forgetting the Late Bloomers!
One of my “must-listen to” Podcasts is from my good friend John O’Sullivan – the Way of Champions. Each week John interviews experts in sports, coaching , leadership
Read MoreDo You Love Watching Your Kids Play?
I spent a recent Saturday morning on the sidelines at the soccer fields during the Jefferson Cup tournament in Richmond, Virginia. I was distributing marketing materials for Soccer Parenting
Read MorePlayer Monitoring and Youth Soccer
In this interview I ask:Can you tell us about Player Monitoring and how it can affect our kids?Dr. Toby Brooks discusses:How far player monitoring has come from the initial core temperature and cortisol
Read MoreYouth Soccer, Specialization and Long Term Athletic Development – What Parents Need to Hear
In this interview I ask:What exactly is Long Term Athletic Development? What are we talking about when we reference LTAD?What is the connection between LTAD and sport specialization?What is
Read MoreWhen Does Sport Specialization Make Sense?
It’s an accepted fact that Youth Sports Specialization can lead to burn out, over-use injuries, and potentially the lack of development of the “complete athlete.” So, knowing this, why am I allowing
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