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All of it was futile.
One of the things you have to know if you choose to go down the sport-based youth development path is that it can take a toll on you. You can pour your entire heart in to the work, stack all of the hours, and spend all of your gas money working with and supporting your…
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Am I the problem?
As a coach and leader of programming, the thing that I used to complain about the most to my colleagues was that the kids were not engaged. They were not playing the games. They were sitting on the bench. They were distracted. They were on their phones. It was all about them and their behaviors,…
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The phone’s in the way
I have a confession. I love sport. I see its power in so many ways. But I haven’t engaged in it personally in a while. And I find the busyness of my current schedule has made it difficult for me to even watch live sports. Well, that’s not entirely true. I have to admit, that…
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People, right?
Let’s say I were to come into a large sum of money. If I were using it to start a youth sports program from scratch what would I spend the money on? Of course, I would spend money for the space, equipment, jerseys, and just overall keeping the light on. But to be perfectly honest,…
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The stories not yet written
We, the collective youth sports sector, like to say that sport changes lives. We use it as a blanket statement without getting into the nuance, and without calling to attention that change isn’t always good. We can’t keep generalizing. We don’t know enough. There are stories that have gone untold for far too long. There…
The Sideline Fix
There are far too many of us still on the sidelines. Let's fix that.
The Sideline Fix 