CONCLUSION... We are in a crisis with youth sports parents in our country. Be a part of the SOLUTION and not the PROBLEM. Avoid negative energy and BCEs with parents. - Remove yourself from the environment. - Address negativity head-on - Choose to sit alone Good Luck!

Shouting is not coaching. Berating and swearing is not coaching. Educating is coaching. Intervening at the right moment is coaching. Giving your players belief in their abilities is coaching. Trusting them is coaching. Making them better people is coaching.

We are losing good coaches every day. The toll of unreasonable parents, lack of admin support, schools & leagues adding more (useless) trainings, unimaginable hours, & lack of being appreciated generally wins out. Hang in there, coaches, you make a difference in people’s lives!

Parents, there is NOTHING beneficial that can come from yelling or “coaching from the stands”. Nothing. It’s not the time or place. It negatively affects your child, the other players, & the team in general. There’s a time & place for most things….that isn’t one of them! There’s

The GREATEST sports parents are those who let the coaches coach, the officials officiate, are their children’s biggest support system, and spend more time and energy focusing on their child’s character, work ethic, and education, than anything else. ~from Coach Hines 🇺🇸

And CONGRATULATIONS to your BIG RIVERS PLAYER OF THE YEAR…MARY!!! #ENCORE

Had a parent on FB say that her daughter loves playing High School ball, but her club coach wants the kids to stay with him at club during HS season She wanted to know if playing HS is what’s best for her daughter Here’s what I had to say: This is your daughters 1 and ONLY

Motivation is complex… Researchers Deci and Ryan developed their theory of self-determination to demonstrate that motivation comes in different forms…from extrinsic motivation to intrinsic motivation… -“I have to do this because others are telling me to” -“I’m doing this