3 Life Lessons Kids Learn Playing Soccer

One embarrassing and un-American soccer player will not change kids’ love of the game. This humble sport enthralled international audiences and was accessible to the most rural, least developed areas long before Americans joined and renamed the game. More than a sport inspiring fans to paint themselves in home team colors and chant in stadium-vibrating… Continue reading 3 Life Lessons Kids Learn Playing Soccer

The Best Thing About Youth Sports is Not Sports

The best, most valuable thing about sports is not sports. It’s everything else: TeamworkCommunicationPushing yourselfSelf-disciplineNutritionBonding with and supporting teammatesLearning about failureExerciseResponsibilitySchedulingSportsmanshipHoning a skill The best lessons of sports participation can be applied to the rest of their lives, at work, home, and in the community. Most of life is not sport. Parents who focus on… Continue reading The Best Thing About Youth Sports is Not Sports