Issues & Advice

Helping your athletes see how hard work and determination payoff is critical to their current and future goals.

Teaching Teamwork Skills in Youth Sports

As you can see, the relationship between a coach and a parent is vital. There is more than just wins, losses, and playing time when it comes to the parent-coach relationship.

In this video, Tony Abbatine discusses how to use failure as a teaching/learning moment on the field and in life.

I Already Miss Watching My Kids Play

Learn how you can make sports more positive and inclusive for all.

The federal government is yet to mandate the closure of gyms in response to the coronavirus pandemic, but many in Australia and around the world are already shutting their doors. Last week, members of a Fitness First gym in Sydney’s George Street were told they may have been exposed to the coronavirus after an individual who […]

The goal of this exercise is for your athletes to avoid taking the criticism personally and to get some value from it that they can apply in practice and thus improve. It can be hard for your young athletes to take criticism productively from coaches. Kids often don’t interpret communication from coaches correctly because of the delivery or the […]

It’s important that when a tournament is over and you’re heading home with or without a championship trophy, everyone looks back on the experience as a great one. Many travel teams make it an annual tradition to enter at least one destination tournament. Sometimes the destination involves an airplane, while others might be in reasonable […]

The next time you feel the fear of failure creeping in, remember these three things: take a few slow breaths, crack a smile, and focus on the action you’re about to take. There exists a crucial difference between fear and danger. Danger is real. Fear is created. Because we create many of our own fears, […]