There use to be a time, back in the 60's and 70's, when youth sports was actually for the youth. Kids would form their own neighborhood baseball or football or basketball teams, and would travel on their bikes around to other neighborhoods for games. No parental involvement, whatsoever!
Oh, but times have changed. Now parents, maybe even more than their kids, are driving the youth sports explosion. It's not unusual for an adolescent athlete to play on several traveling or "select" sports teams; many playing some of their sports (especially soccer, baseball and basketball) year round. And the pressure to do such just continues to grow. What happens if your kid only plays one sport at a time? How does that impact their ability to play high school varsity sports, or to get a college scholarship, or to make the pros?
The purpose of this site is to share some observations and learnings about how we as the "modern parent" can evolve to also become a "modern coach." And even if we don't coach our kids' teams directly, we must evolve to become a modern coach if our kids are going to have any chance to survive in this adult-crazed youth sports world.
I'm looking forward to having you along for the discussion, but a discussion can only work if you participate. So please feel free to post your feedback and suggested topics for discussions. Besides, it's really not that important. It's only our kids we're talking about...
Best of luck as parents coaching youth!!
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