Positive self-esteem is a favorable perception of one's self, or, how happy you are with just being you. In ...

Benefits - Why Sports Participation for Girls and Women: The Foundation Position
A Matter of Health and Well-being

Founded in 1974 by Billie Jean King, the Foundation works to increase ...

Helping My Child Learn
How can I use televised soccer games to help my child learn?
By Tim Nash

In any sport, watching the ...

Raising Our Athletic Daughters: How Sports Can Build Self-Esteem and Save Girls' Lives
by Jean Zimmerman and Gail Reavill

"If Ophelia had been on the swim team," write Jean Zimmerman and Gil ...

5 Principles of Student Success
ENCOURAGE GREATNESS

Imagination is a child’s greatest natural gift. It provides a fertile ground for creativity ...

The Role of the Parents
The role that parents play in the life of a soccer player has a tremendous impact on their experience       ...

How parents can help!
How Parents Can Help the Player to Perform at the Highest Level

- by Ric Granryd, Director of Coaching, ...

The 6 Things Parents Should Say
to Their Sports Player   .   .   .

by Bruce Brownlee, University ...

"The Messenger" ; > )
At one point during a game, the coach called one of his 7-year-old soccer players aside and asked her    ...

Tips for Parents from the Coach
1.        Soccer is a team sport.

2.        Your ...

A Father’s Letter to his Daughter
From the beginning, it was apparent to me that your athletic career would be a good one.

When you were ...

A Kid's Letter to Parents
Dear Mom and Dad,

I hope you won't get mad at me for writing this letter, but you always told me never ...

Touchlines Rules for Spectators
Rule No. 1: Keep POSITIVE support, encouragement, cheer leading and general screaming and hollering to a MAXIMUM ...




"Coaches build teams, parents build players."    -Charles Smyth