Youth, School, and Kids Sports
Your questions about kids' sports answered: Know the best ways to support your athlete, from tot lot through high school teams.
The Best Sports for Kids
When it comes to extracurricular activities, you really can't beat sports for kids. Joining a sports team helps your child stay active, practice and learn sportsmanship, improve social skills and concentration, and develop a hobby he can enjoy for life.
When it comes to extracurricular activities, you really can't beat sports for kids. Joining a sports team helps your child stay active, practice and learn sportsmanship, improve social skills and concentration, and develop a hobby he can enjoy for life.
How Do I Choose a Kids' Sports Program?
Learn how to find the best kids sports program for your child. Choose a program that will keep him engaged, happy, and active.
Learn how to find the best kids sports program for your child. Choose a program that will keep him engaged, happy, and active.
Sportsmanship: Teach Your Kids About Winning and Losing in Sports
With kids starting soccer at 3 and swim team at 5, teaching sportsmanship is more important than ever. Forty million kids are playing youth sports today. This means a greater emphasis on winning, but also offers an opportunity to teach sportsmanship early and often. The best time to instill values is when kids are younger.
With kids starting soccer at 3 and swim team at 5, teaching sportsmanship is more important than ever. Forty million kids are playing youth sports today. This means a greater emphasis on winning, but also offers an opportunity to teach sportsmanship early and often. The best time to instill values is when kids are younger.
Keep Your Child From Being a Quitter
Are you afraid your child is a quitter? If your child plays sports, sooner or later you'll deal with a declaration of "I quit!" But before you say no, fearing your child will be branded a quitter for life, hear him out, and try to understand his motives.
Are you afraid your child is a quitter? If your child plays sports, sooner or later you'll deal with a declaration of "I quit!" But before you say no, fearing your child will be branded a quitter for life, hear him out, and try to understand his motives.
How to Talk With Your Child's Coach About Problems
Is your child facing problems on the playing field? Talk to the coach to help resolve problems and help your child succeed in youth sports.
Is your child facing problems on the playing field? Talk to the coach to help resolve problems and help your child succeed in youth sports.
Dealing with Disappointment in Youth Sports
Dealing with disappointment in sports is an opportunity for kids to learn character traits like resilience, determination, and good sportsmanship.
Dealing with disappointment in sports is an opportunity for kids to learn character traits like resilience, determination, and good sportsmanship.
Show Your Support: Coach Is a Tough Job
When your child is involved in youth sports, his relationship with his coach becomes important—and so does yours. There are many ways you can support Coach, and doing so benefits your athlete, physically and psychologically. "The research is clear: If parents support teachers, that helps kids learn," says Jim Thompson, executive director of the Positive Co…
When your child is involved in youth sports, his relationship with his coach becomes important—and so does yours. There are many ways you can support Coach, and doing so benefits your athlete, physically and psychologically. "The research is clear: If parents support teachers, that helps kids learn," says Jim Thompson, executive director of the Positive Co…
Healthy Snacks for Pre-game, Post-game, and Half-Time
Learn what healthy snacks to give kids before a game, after a game, and at half-time. Kids' nutritional needs are different in the hours before and after physical activity, so provide healthy snacks that give young athletes the nutrients they need.
Learn what healthy snacks to give kids before a game, after a game, and at half-time. Kids' nutritional needs are different in the hours before and after physical activity, so provide healthy snacks that give young athletes the nutrients they need.
What to Say to Your Child After a Game or Sporting Event
Win or lose, boost your child's self-esteem with supportive comments and questions after games, races, and other sporting events.
Win or lose, boost your child's self-esteem with supportive comments and questions after games, races, and other sporting events.
Preventing Injuries, Promoting Health
Kids can suffer from many kinds of sports injuries, including sprains, broken bones, concussions, and heat stroke. Lists risks of physical activities, which sports cause the most injuries, and how to prevent and treat the most common injuries.
Kids can suffer from many kinds of sports injuries, including sprains, broken bones, concussions, and heat stroke. Lists risks of physical activities, which sports cause the most injuries, and how to prevent and treat the most common injuries.
Cheerleading Safety Tips
Cheerleading stunts have become bigger and more extravagant. This means they have become more dangerous, and the injury statistics back this up. A few basic safety tips can help your teen safe.
Cheerleading stunts have become bigger and more extravagant. This means they have become more dangerous, and the injury statistics back this up. A few basic safety tips can help your teen safe.
Soccer for Moms: Game & Parenting Essentials for Healthy Kids
Guide review of Soccer for Moms: Game & Parenting Essentials for Healthy Kids by Kerrie Paige, published by Plain White Press.
Guide review of Soccer for Moms: Game & Parenting Essentials for Healthy Kids by Kerrie Paige, published by Plain White Press.
Use a Mouthguard to Protect Teeth
Reduce the risk of injury to the head, neck, jaw, teeth, and mouth by making sure your child has a mouthguard—and wears it.
Reduce the risk of injury to the head, neck, jaw, teeth, and mouth by making sure your child has a mouthguard—and wears it.
Help Active Kids Avoid Heat Stress
Kids are susceptible to heat stress and other heat-related illnesses, such as dehydration, especially when they exercise. Learn how to prevent heat stress in your physically active child during hot and humid weather.
Kids are susceptible to heat stress and other heat-related illnesses, such as dehydration, especially when they exercise. Learn how to prevent heat stress in your physically active child during hot and humid weather.
Poll: Have You Ever Coached a Youth Sports Team?
Research shows that women are underrepresented as coaches for youth sports teams. Have you ever coached a team?
Research shows that women are underrepresented as coaches for youth sports teams. Have you ever coached a team?
Get Your Teen Ready for Sports Season
Sports teams at the high school level-and even in middle school–are serious in their workouts and competitions. Both athletes and their parents need to be prepared.
Sports teams at the high school level-and even in middle school–are serious in their workouts and competitions. Both athletes and their parents need to be prepared.
Be Your Teen's Biggest Fan
Find seven simple suggestions for supporting your teen athlete, from keeping her workout gear ready to use to cheering her on at games and competitions.
Find seven simple suggestions for supporting your teen athlete, from keeping her workout gear ready to use to cheering her on at games and competitions.
Is Your Tween Failing Soccer?
Noncompetitive, individual athletic pursuits offer preteens the chance to learn a new skill in an environment that promotes growth and challenge, rather than competition.
Noncompetitive, individual athletic pursuits offer preteens the chance to learn a new skill in an environment that promotes growth and challenge, rather than competition.
Balancing Youth Sports and Family Time
It's easy for practices, games, and workouts to overtake family together time. Reclaim a healthy balance with this advice from sports mom Brooke de Lench.
It's easy for practices, games, and workouts to overtake family together time. Reclaim a healthy balance with this advice from sports mom Brooke de Lench.
The Right Amount of Sports
Preschoolers are still learning to move their bodies and have an unending need to explore the world. Often, there is a huge disconnect between what their minds want them to do and what their bodies are capable of doing, says pediatrician Gwenn O'Keeffe for MomsTeam.com.
Preschoolers are still learning to move their bodies and have an unending need to explore the world. Often, there is a huge disconnect between what their minds want them to do and what their bodies are capable of doing, says pediatrician Gwenn O'Keeffe for MomsTeam.com.
WePlay Youth Sports Community
This online community for youth sports coaches, parents, kids, and teams includes league information, calendar features, photo sharing, and more.
This online community for youth sports coaches, parents, kids, and teams includes league information, calendar features, photo sharing, and more.