Multi-Sport Athletes Opt For Balance Amid Pressure To Specialize Early
by Beth Anne Nichols, 29 February 2016 Note: This story originally ran in the Feb. 15 issue of Golfweek. Turk Pettit, who has committed to Clemson to play golf, calls the plays as quarterback of the...
View ArticleWhy Playing Multiple Sports—Not Just One—Is Best for Kids
by Rob Bell, 14 March 2016 Countless benefits of playing multiple sports are being forgotten in the midst of the specialization craze – Shutterstock In this day and age when trophies and scholarships...
View ArticleA Note From A Hockey Mom
by Gina Boots, 16 March 2016 Photo: Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press As I sit here as a mother of hockey player who is hanging them up, a coach’s wife, a teacher, and ponder the ending of another great...
View ArticleUSA Hockey Encouraging Cross-Ice Youth Games
by Jon Lane, 8 March 2014 “From the eyes of an 8-year-old, a full-sized hockey rink looks a lot bigger.” Those words opened a USA Hockey video designed to educate and deliver a reality check. The game...
View ArticleSports Should Be Child’s Play
by David Epstein, 10 June 2014 Liam Barrett THE national furor over concussions misses the primary scourge that is harming kids and damaging youth sports in America. The heightened pressure on child...
View ArticleAn NHL Scout’s Advice For The Offseason
by Jamie MacDonald, 25 March 2016 Few people see more hockey than Mike Doneghey. As a scout with the NHL’s defending champion Chicago Blackhawks, the Massachusetts native will see more than 200 games...
View ArticleTraverse City Hockey Strikes Back At Parent-Driven Sports Culture
by Peter Payette, 12 April 2016 Joshua Groves does a drill at Howe Area in Traverse City with coach Jason Gollan in the background. Practice has become the core of many youth hockey programs nationwide...
View ArticleNo More Joiners: Why Kids Are Dropping Out Of Sports
by Jamie Strashin, 10 May 2016 An obsession with separating out the best athletes, even at very young ages, could be driving many kids out of sports. (Fred Chartrand/Canadian Press) Whether young or...
View ArticleDr. Stephen Norris: Do What’s Best For The Children In Your MHA
by Hockey Alberta, 10 June 2016 RED DEER – Members of Alberta’s hockey community were challenged to take a serious look at what the future looks like, and to remember that the future needs to focus on...
View ArticleDoes Youth Sports Get The Math All Wrong?
by John O’Sullivan, 15 December 2015 “I did not know there would be math on this test,” is something I say (jokingly) when I get a difficult question at my speaking engagements. Recently, I received an...
View ArticlePediatricians Say Children Shouldn’t Specialize In A Single Sport Until Age...
by Susan Perry, 8 Sept, 2016 Children are increasingly pressured — usually by parents and coaches — to specialize in one sport and to play it year-round, often on several different teams. (Creative...
View ArticleMeet The Group – Early Sport Specialization Video
by Sport Nova Scotia, 24 October 2016 This was shared by one of the coaches in our Bow River Bruins Hockey Association who attended several of my Hockey Alberta coaching clinics in September 2016....
View ArticleHow to Adapt the Game of Hockey to Novice: Tom Renney
by Gregg Kennedy and Richard Bercuson, 18 March 2017 Grassroots – The Minor Hockey Show Saturday mornings, Gregg Kennedy and Richard Bercuson are the hosts of Grassroots, a provocative look at the...
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