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  • Nine Ways to Balance Sports and Family Life

    If you feel like sports are taking too much of your and family's time and money, if your child is feeling stressed, it is time to restore some sanity by finding a better balance. Creating balance in child's life is important because, if you don't, you send your child the message that unstructured, un-pressured free time, fun for fun's sake and family time aren't important.

    Here are some tips on finding balance.

    1. Have the courage to say no.
    2. Balance sports and family life.
    3. Set limits that fit your family.
    4. Look for balanced sports programs.
    5. Find a balance between sports.
    6. Balance sports and academics.
    7. Allow for a social life outside of sports.
    8. Make sure your child gets enough sleep.
    9. Provide for unstructured free time.
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Whether your child is 5 and just starting out in T-ball, or 15 and just began playing lacrosse, you've come to the right place to start your journey. Here you will find the sports parenting basics, the information that every parent should know about: things like child development, how to set realistic expectations for your child, how parenting a male athlete is different from parenting a female athlete, how to keep sports fun so as to minimize the risk that your child will burn out and quit sports, and what to do if your child is an early or a late bloomer. If there are topics you think we should cover that you do not see, send an email to editors@momsteam.com.

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  • Youth Sports About Learning Fundamentals and Having Fun
    It's unfortunate that so many coaches and parents see each season's won and loss record as the only measure of success, instead of being just a part of having fun and the learning experience. The real journey in youth sports, says youth basketball commissioner and founder of Respect Sports, Frank White, should be that each season's learning builds upon the previous season's fundamentals as athletes strive to achieve enough skills to play at the varsity high school level, or just enough achievement to enjoy playing the game, at even the recreational sports level.
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    Realizing An Child's Athletic Potential: How Parents and Coaches Can Help
    One way parents and coaches can help a child realize their full athletic potential, says four-time Olympic medalist Angela Ruggiero, is to explain what they may be able to achieve by setting goals and working hard.
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  • Desire To Excel in Sports Needs To Be Child's, Not Parent's

    When is the desire to excel a child's and when is it the parents'?  When does a parent cross the line from supportive to pushy? Sports parents should always remember to think about their motives for encouraging their child to play a certain sport or to attain a specific goal.

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  • Your Child as a Developing Athlete: Setting Realistic Expectations

    It is critically important that you and your child have realistic expectations about his or her development as an athlete and that you don't confuse your expectations and desires with those of your child. Parents who complain that their child has quit a sport too early may be doing so because he isn't doing what they want him to do.

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  • London Olympics: Celebrating Athletes And Their Moms!
    Watching 12 hours of Olympic coverage every day gives one Texas sports mom a chance to learn from lots of dedicated sports moms, and grandmums, including Queen Elizabeth II.
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