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How NOT to Be That Overbearing Sports Parent
Youth sports are meant to be a positive fun experience, fostering teamwork, discipline, growth, and healthy competition. But for some parents, the sidelines become a stage for intense emotions, creating a stressful environment for everyone involved.
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Coaching from the Stands
The point of youth sports is for your child to grow, be challenged, learn from mistakes, improve, develop a lifelong love for sport, and most importantly, have fun. Winning is a by-product of all those things. It’s not that winning is less important, it’s that winning is not the only thing that sports are about.