Yesterday I wrote about the idea of your co-participation being important to kids actively engaged in sport. But it is because you can make it fun. When you play alongside the kids, you can set the vibes. You can model the rules for safe game play. You can move the energy from this is boring to this is a fun competition. You can set yourself up as the big opponent to make it a game of beat the teacher, for kids who are afraid to challenge their peers. You can make it okay to giggle and laugh at yourself and get back into it if you make a mistake.
Your job by co-participating is to show that sports and physical activity are fun. You are the one who makes these formal activities fun. You show your players that this game right here, this is where you want to be. If you want your players to be more engaged in the activity, make sure you are, too.
The Sideline Fix 
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