INNOVATIONS IN SPORTS: Pro Soccer Team Pays Fans Not to Chant Obscenities
This one is bizarre. As reported in NJ.com this past week, apparently there are a few fan groups who regularly attend Red Bulls’ soccer matches in New Jersey (the Red Bulls play in Major League Soccer). And during the course of these home games, members of these fan groups will launch into a chant aimed … Continue reading
INNOVATIONS IN SPORTS: Creative Signs Remind Parents to Behave
It’s such a simple and straightforward idea that it’s amazing that it wasn’t put into place years ago. In short, in Buffalo Grove, a Chicago suburb where, like so many other American suburbs were parents tend to be out-of-control at their kids’ sporting events, the local rec department decided to erect a bunch of signs … Continue reading
INNOVATIONS IN SPORTS: SUNY Youth Sports Institute Making A Difference
I can’t remember how many years I’ve been suggesting that youth coaches at all levels — including rec programs and travel teams — undergo some sort of training before they work with kids. Problem is, there have been preciouse few such programs around. And of the ones that do exist, they tend to have a “cookie-cutter, one size … Continue reading
INNOVATIONS IN SPORTS: New Book Provides Real Insight on How to Prevent Knee Injuries
It’s as simple as this: knee injuries, such as a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), have been in sports forever. When I was in high school and college back in the 1970s, if you tore your ACL, you were not only lost for the season, but in many cases, your entire athletic career was over. … Continue reading
INNOVATIONS IN SPORT: Does it Make Good Sense to Hold Your Child Back a Year Before they Start School?
I wasn’t sure about what kind of response I would receive to this morning’s topic – that of holding one’s child back a year in school so that he/she can have an extra year to physically and emotionally mature. For many ambitious sports parents, having one’s kid being one of the older, and hence most … Continue reading
INNOVATIONS IN SPORTS: Allowing Kids to Coach Kids – Part II
Judging from the response on my WFAN show this AM, this thought – that of allowing HS kids to coach LLers or kids on other youth teams – seems to be amazingly popular. We had call after call supporting the idea, and best of all, we had calls from as far away as Delaware and … Continue reading
INNOVATIONS IN SPORTS: Why not Let the Kids Coach the Kids?
An amazing story just came out of San Clemente CA. Apparently there was a team of 11-and 12-year-olds in that town’s Little League that, for some reason, had a difficult team in finding a Dad or Mom to help out as the team’s coach. As a result, when the kids couldn’t find one, they asked … Continue reading
Winning is Not the Pathway to Success? A New Approach from Canada
Something very curious is happening in the Land to the North. Clearly Canadians are just as competitive as we are when it comes to excelling in sports. But very quietly, our friends are taking a different approach when it comes to developing young athletes in sports. According to a recent account in the Globe & … Continue reading
Perhaps the hardest question that today’s sports parent have to confront….
I felt the time had come this AM – on Mother’s Day no less– to ask the question that Moms and Dads everywhere have to confront these days: whether it’s okay to let their youngsters play contact sports, like football, soccer, ice hockey, lax, and so on — when it’s clear that there’s real growing … Continue reading
A Fresh, New, and Intriguing Way to Do Kids’ Sports
Danny Bernstein grew up on Long Island where he played a variety of sports, most notably soccer. He was the goalkeeper on the Roslyn HS team which won the first NYS HS championship. Danny then went onto Amherst College where he continued playing soccer, and captained his college team. After graduating, he spent a number … Continue reading
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