6 Questions to Ask Coach Before the Season Starts
An informed sports parent is ready to make the most of his child’s youth sports experience. He’s ready to support, encourage, volunteer, and guide his young athlete through the ups and downs of the...
View ArticleThe 6 Dos and Don’ts of Youth Coaching: lessons learned from Mitch Williams
MLB Network analyst and former MLB pitcher, Mitch Williams, is the latest coach to give youth sports coaches a bad rap. Williams, also known during his playing career as “Wild Thing”, has been put on...
View ArticleTrash Talk and Taking Your Game to the Next Level
The NBA Playoff conference finals are mid-series right now and there are a lot of stories about the game within the game. My hometown Pacers are facing elimination at the hands of the Miami Heat and...
View ArticleHow to Keep Youth Sports Competition Where it Belongs: in the Game
Although competition is a healthy and necessary part of youth sports, there is one very important fact that many parents, players, and coaches seem to forget: it should stay on the field–or court, or...
View ArticleRemember to View Youth Sports from Your Kids’ Perspective
This past weekend I gained a much better appreciation for what my son experiences when he plays youth sports. His team was playing in his little league baseball playoffs. We were playing from the...
View ArticleWhat Does Fun Look Like in Youth Sports?
The prevailing thought trend in youth sports today is that kids should be having fun or they should not be playing. To a certain extent, that is a healthy and worthy philosophy, but it also brings up...
View Article9 Very Specific Reasons You Will Be Glad Your Kids Play Sports
Playing sports is said to be good for kids. You’ve heard the usual list of advantages: the most touted being character building, persistence, teamwork, and fitness. I want to dig deeper into that...
View ArticleHow to Keep the Fun in Youth Sports
It was always the last thing my mother and father would say to me before dropping me off at soccer practice or any athletic endeavor I tried when I was a kid. They would say, sometimes shout as I...
View ArticleYouth Sports: This Player May be the Most Overlooked Person on the Team
One of the goals in youth sports is to help kids learn to be leaders. But the problem is that while many coaches and parents look for natural born, charismatic leaders, they often overlook some of the...
View ArticleWhat You Don’t Need to Know To be a Great Sports Parent
Athletes do not always beget athletes. I’ve known some rather un-athletic parents whose kids are skilled competitors. Perhaps you never played sports, or if you did, you eventually realized that you...
View ArticleMeet Stepan, Our First #CoachUpWay Winner
All month, we’ve been asking our coaches, athletes, and parents to submit their stories that best represent the #CoachUpWay. Although the responses poured in, there can only be one selected winner for...
View Article70% of Youth Sports participants drop out by age thirteen, CNN writes
In a lengthy and enlightening piece by Kelly Wallace of CNN, entitled How to make your kid hate sports without really trying, some new insight on youth sports are revealed and you probably won’t like...
View ArticleCoach Spotlight Series: Jared Pava
We’re well-overdue for a new Coach Spotlight in 2016, so we’re excited to add another entry with Coach Jared from New York! Since it’s been a minute, it may be worthwhile to revisit the purpose of...
View ArticleDrill of the Week: Improve Your Shooting
Just like that, we’re more than halfway through the 2015-2016 NBA season and the Golden State Warriors + Stephen Curry are atop the Western Conference. With the All-Star Break right around the corner,...
View ArticleHow to Keep From Becoming the Incredible Hulk When Your Child Plays Sports
The transformation that happens when parents watch their kids play youth sports can be drastic. A “great dad” or an “awesome mom” can morph into a belligerent spectator once they let frustration and...
View ArticleCoach Spotlight Series: Jared Mortensen
We’re really excited for Coach Jared’s return to the USA! In fact, we were so excited that we couldn’t even wait for him to get off the plane before hitting him up for an interview. Jared has been...
View ArticleOur Top 10 Moments from NBA All-Star Weekend
The 2016 NBA All-Star Weekend crushed it as usual. From dunks to skills and everything in between, the three-day event in Toronto didn’t disappoint the viewers. Of course, we at CoachUp were a little...
View ArticleSyracuse honoring 1996 Final Four squad + CoachUp Coach Elimu Nelson
Syracuse University will honor the 1996 team prior to their game against Pittsburgh on February 20th. Their magical run to the Finals is one of the most historic months in March Madness history and one...
View ArticleDespite trade, Tobias Harris still spoke with kids in Orlando
The NBA Trade Deadline is today at 3PM but there’s one move that has already changed the culture of basketball in Florida. Tobias Harris, a promising stretch forward, was traded to the Detroit Pistons...
View ArticleDear Coach: This is who I am
Editor’s Note: We recently posted a few great coach responses to Ashley! The impact of Ashley’s letter was so large that we needed our team of coaches to weigh in as well. I think you’ll find them...
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