Written by Steve Henson Hundreds of college athletes were asked to think back: “What is your worst memory from playing youth and high school sports?” Their overwhelming response: “The ride home from games with my parents.” The informal survey lasted three decades, initiated by two former longtime coaches who over time became staunch advocates for …
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13 Steps to Being a Winning Parent, Part 2 – February 13
Dr. Alan Goldberg STEP SEVEN: YOUR CHILD IS NOT HIS PERFORMANCE-LOVE HIM UNCONDITIONALLY. Do not equate your child’s self-worth and lovability with his performance. The most tragic and damaging mistake I see parents continually make is punishing a child for a bad performance by withdrawing emotionally from him. A child loses a race, strikes out …
Why Swim, If You Can’t Win? – January 30, 2012
Why Swim, If You Can’t Win? By Noah Whiteman, Age 11 If I was told I would never win a race again, then I would still swim. Winning a race depends on who shows up, but one thing that will be there every time is the clock. Beating your times and dropping time is a …
13 Steps to Being a Winning Parent, Part 1 – February 6, 2012
Dr. Alan Goldberg INTRODUCTION: If you want your child to come out of his youth sports experience a winner (feeling good about himself and having a healthy attitude towards sports), then he needs your help! You are a vital and important part of the coach-athlete-parent team. If you do your job correctly and play your …
My Son’s Favorite Sport is Soccer, Isn’t It? – January 23, 2012
By Jeff D. Opdyke Sometimes parents see what they want to see. And in doing so, they miss a lot. Case in point: my long-held belief that my son, now 14 years old, loves soccer. Turns out, I was wrong. After the fall season ended, he announced his retirement. He finally told me that while …
Sending the Coach to Nationals: Thoughts for Everyone – December 26, 2011
Guy Edson, ASCA Staff* When you read the title above you may think “this article has nothing to do with me and my child.” But it has everything to do with you and your child, especially children in the developmental groups. Here is what we are talking about: The club should have an expense line …
Lessons From the Movie, The Sandlot – January 2, 2012
Allan Kopel What makes for a great swimming race? A fast start. Great entry. Explosive breakout. Correct stroke rate. Balanced splits. It is important to learn about, rehearse and refine all aspects of a race. It takes patience, persistence, focus, execution, correction, repetition, more correction and more repetition for each to become refined and part …
Being on the Team vs. Being a Teammate – January 9, 2012
Compiled by John Leonard from InSideOut Coaching by Joe Ehrmann Being on the team benefits your personal goals and ambitions. Being a teammate benefits the goals and ambitions of your team and your teammates. Being on the team can make you a bystander. Teammates intervene in the lives and actions of their teammates. Being on …
Seven Habits of Saintly Swim Parents – January 16, 2012
Orlando S. Anaya, Mokihana Aquatics, Hawaii Habit 1. Getting Your Swimmers To Practice Regularly And On Time. With multiple-job families, single-parent families, and just “being a family,” it is sometimes very hard to get your swimmers to practice every day and on time. The first rule of improvement is “show up!” A great swim parent …
Real Information – December 19, 2011
John Leonard In today’s world, information is easy to come by. Informed, educated by experience, scientifically based information from a reliable source, much less so. When exploring the topic of how to prepare swimmers for a long and successful career, this becomes remarkably problematic. An internet search of “Swim Training” will find someone (let’s call …